15 killed, 16 wounded in bus crash in western Indonesia

Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in a bus crash in East Java province of western Indonesia on Monday, a doctor and an official said.

The incident took place at a toll road in Mojokerto district on Monday morning, I Wayan Suyatna, head of operation affairs of the search and rescue office in the province, said.

The bus hit a variable-message-sign pole located on the side of the road, said Wayan.

"Probably the driver was very tired, so he could not control the vehicle," he told Xinhua.

The police will carry out an investigation to find out precisely the cause of the incident, according to him.

Muhammad Bayu S.D., doctor in charge at the emergency unit of Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital, said, "thirteen bodies are here, one in Citra Medika hospital and another is in Basoeni hospital."

For the injured, they are being treated in Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo hospital, Basoeni hospital, Citra Medika hospital, Emma hospital and Gatoel hospital, he said.