India, July 13 -- At least 13 people were killed and five others injured after a pickup truck carrying wedding guests was crushed between two trucks on a busy highway in Indonesia's Java island, police said.

The accident occurred on Sunday afternoon near Kiajaran Kulon village in Indramayu regency as the group was returning home from a wedding in neighbouring Parean village.

According to local traffic police, the victims were travelling in an open-bed pickup truck that had slowed near a median opening to make a U-turn when it was hit from behind by a wing-box truck. The impact pushed the pickup into the opposite lane, where it was struck by another truck.

The powerful collision threw several passengers onto the highway. Five survivors ...