Lamongan, E Java (ANTARA News) - Five people were killed when a Volvo sedan rammed into two motorbikes along a road in Pucangron village, Kalitengah sub-district, Lamongan district, East Java province on Saturday, police said.

The accident happened when the car, traveling at s high speed, struck two motorbikes, the Lamongan traffic police chief, Adjunct Commissioner Paulus Sujdatmiko, said here on Saturday.

The car then plunged into a river near the road, according to the police.

"We have evacuated the car that plunged into the river," Sujatmiko said, adding all victims were rushed to the Lamongan Muhammadiyah hospital.

Meanwhile, the hospital public relations officer, Ida, said the fatalities were identified as Yatmikan, 47, Harianto, 42, Suryani, 29 and Suluhadi, 30, along with his five-year-old child. 


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