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Article: Motorcycle accidents push up holiday death toll in Indonesia
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 18, 2007
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Motorcycle accidents push up holiday death toll in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The high number of fatal motorcycle
accidents this Idul Fitri (end of fasting month) holiday has pushed
up the death toll to 453 people in Indonesia, police said.
"Motorcycles accidents have accounted for 74.29 percent of the 453
people killed nationwide so far this holiday season," the Jakarta
Post daily on Thursday quoted Head of the National Police's security
supervision division, Gen. Imam Hariatna, as saying.
As of Wednesday, police have recorded 1,286 holiday accidents
throughout the country with 453 ...