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Ten people, including children, killed in Bekasi in truck crash outside school
The students were waiting at the bus stop after class when the truck veered toward them and crashed into two motorcycles and toppled a concrete communications tower, traffic policeman Latif Usman said.
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Medical workers load a victim's body into a vehicle after a bus crash, to transport to their family at a hospital in Mojokerto on May 16, 2022. (AFP/STR)
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t least 10 people have been killed, including some children, after a truck crashed on Wednesday near a bus stop outside a school in Bekasi, West Java province, police said.
The students were waiting at the bus stop after class when the truck veered toward them and crashed into two motorcycles and toppled a concrete communications tower, traffic policeman Latif Usman said.
Usman said 20 children were also injured in the crash.
"We are conducting an investigation to assess if the brakes failed," said Usman.
Another police official in Bekasi said the driver had been detained.
Images from the scene showed the communications tower had fallen across the road outside the school's gates and crashed into the bus stop on the sidewalk.
At least 23 others, including 14 primary school students, were injured and taken to two nearby hospitals for treatment, Usman said.
Images from the scene of the crash showed twisted metal and debris as rescuers helped the victims.
Police said they were still investigating the cause of the crash.
"So far we didn't see any indication of brake failure but we are still investigating the accident," said Latif, quoted by AFP.
The driver had been detained but had not been questioned because he was "still in shock", he added.
