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West Java school bus crash kills 11, dozens injured
The bus was carrying more than 60 students and teachers from Depok to Lembang, a popular tourist spot, when it crashed at 6:48 pm (1148 GMT) on Saturday.
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Officers check the damaged bus after a crash that killed 11 people, according to local police, in Subang, West Java, on May 11, 2024. (AFP/Timur Matahari)
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t least eleven people were killed and dozens more were injured when a bus carrying high school students on a graduation trip crashed in West Java, police said Sunday.
The bus was carrying more than 60 students and teachers from Depok to Lembang, a popular tourist spot, when it crashed at 6:48 pm (1148 GMT) on Saturday.
The students had just celebrated their graduation and were on a school trip when the bus suddenly lost control and tilted to the left, crashing into a car and three motorbikes, West Java province police spokesman Sr. Comr. Jules Abraham Abast told AFP Sunday.
"Out of the passengers who died, nine of them were students, and one of them was a teacher," Jules said.
The accident also killed one motorcyclist, seriously injured 13 people and caused minor injuries to 40 others, he added.
Local traffic police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Undang Syarif Hidayat told broadcaster Kompas he suspected the bus' brake malfunctioned before the crash, but Abast said police are still investigating the cause of the accident.
Deadly traffic accidents are common in Indonesia, where vehicles are often old or poorly maintained, and road rules are routinely ignored.
Last month, at least 12 people were killed when a car crashed into a bus and another car on a busy highway in West Java, as people travelled to celebrate Idul Fitri with relatives at the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
