Java, Dec. 22 -- At least 16 people were killed after a passenger bus crashed into a roadside barrier and overturned on a highway in Indonesia's Central Java province early Monday, Jakarta Post reported.

The bus was travelling from Jakarta to Yogyakarta when the accident occurred at a highway interchange in Krapyak, near the city of Semarang.

According to search and rescue authorities, the bus was moving at a fairly high speed when it approached a turn, lost control and struck the barrier before flipping onto its side.

Rescue teams evacuated 34 people from the scene. Fifteen passengers were declared dead on the spot, while another succumbed to injuries after being taken to the hospital. Several others were rushed to medical facilities ...