An overloaded truck carrying 29 people on Wednesday flipped over in Indonesia's West Papua province, killing 18 passengers including a toddler, local authorities said.<br />''<br />''The truck was going downhill in the remote Arfak mountains at dawn when the driver lost control and hit a cliff while attempting to brake, the local Police Chief in Manokwari district Parasian Herman Gultom told media.<br />''<br />''Mr. Parasian said, the passengers were mainly miners and the truck, which was also carrying logs of wood and auto parts, was overloaded.<br />''<br />''Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency said in a statement that it had sent 13 rescuers. Thirteen of the passengers had died instantly, Mr. Parasian said, while five others succumbed to the injuries while receiving treatment.<br />''<br />''Indonesia, a resource-rich country with an active illegal mining industry, sees occasional industrial accidents. In 2019, dozens of people died after a makeshift illegal mine collapsed in North Sulawesi province, while another accident in the same region killed at least five the previous year.<br />