Surabaya, E Java (ANTARA News) - At least seven people were killed in a head-on collision between a passenger van and a trailer truck in Malasan Kulon village, Leces, Probolinggo District, East Java, on Saturday.

The passenger van carrying seven people collided with the truck, killing six, including the driver, on the spot, and injuring one, who finally died in a hospital, spokesman of the East Java Provincial Police Senior Commissioner Argo Yuwono said.

"The accident happened at 4:45 p.m. local time on Saturday, causing a severe congestion from Wonorejo bus terminal in Lumajang until Malasan Kulon village, Leces, Probolinggo," he said.(*)

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