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A three-wheeled motorized taxi goes through rush hour traffic in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Car hits 12 pedestrians, 8 dead

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A woman driving a black minivan, with her three friends as passengers, lost control of the vehicle and plowed into 12 pedestrians in front of the PLN office at Gambir, Central Jakarta, on Sunday, claiming the lives of eight people and injuring the other four, a police officer has said.

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