Indonesia school bus crash kills 11, dozens injured

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BANDUNG, Indonesia — At least eleven people were killed and dozens more were injured when a bus carrying high school students on a graduation trip crashed on Indonesia's biggest island, police said Sunday.

BANDUNG, Indonesia — At least eleven people were killed and dozens more were injured when a bus carrying high school students on a graduation trip crashed on Indonesia's biggest island, police said Sunday.The bus was carrying more than 60 students and teachers from the Java island town of Depok to Lembang, a popular tourist spot, when it crashed at 6:48 p.m. on Saturday.

'Out of the passengers who died, nine of them were students, and one of them was a teacher,' Abast said.The accident also killed one motorcyclist, seriously injured 13 people and caused minor injuries to 40 others, he added.Local traffic police chief 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.

 

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