Boyolali, C Java (ANTARA News) - A bus overturned at Purut Sewu village in Boyolali district, Central Java, before dawn on Sunday, injuring 22 of its passengers.

"All the injured have been rushed to Pandarang hospital," Adj Comr Sugino, chief of the traffic unit at the Boyolali police resort, said.

No fatalities were reported in the accident.

The accident occurred after the driver turned the bus to the left to avoid a motorcyclist. However, the bus overturned and rolled over twice before it hit a tree, he said.

"The bus` driver who is also sustaining injury, along with the injured passengers are being treated at the hospital," he said. (*)

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