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26 killed, dozens injured as bus plunges into ravine in Indonesia
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- 11 March, 2021
- 05:14
Twenty-six people were killed, and dozens were wounded after a bus carrying 62 people fell into a ravine in Indonesia's western province of West Java on Wednesday night, Report informs, citing Xinhua.
The rescuers are struggling to pull out one person from the bus's wreckage, Deden Ridwansyah, head of search and rescue office of Bandung city, told Xinhua by phone.
According to the police, when the bus driver could not control the vehicle when it was passing on the Wado Malangbong street in Sumedang district, then the bus plunged into a ravine, said Ridwansyah.
As many as 35 people survived the incident, but many of them suffered injuries, the official said.
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