Photo taken on May 11, 2024 shows people setting up steel chains to elevate a damaged bus after an accident at Palasari Village in Subang regency, West Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)
JAKARTA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 people were killed and more than 10 others wounded in a bus accident in Subang regency of Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday, according to a rescuer.
The accident occurred at 18:45 Jakarta time at Kampung Palasari street, said the province's head of search and rescue office Hery Marantika, whose personnel had been involved in evacuating the victims.
"I got reports that 10 people were killed and more than 10 others were wounded," he told Xinhua via phone.
Photo taken on May 11, 2024 shows damaged vehicles after a bus accident at Palasari Village in Subang regency, West Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)
Those with serious injuries had been rushed to Subang General Hospital for treatment, while those with minor injuries had been sent to nearby health clinics, he said.
The bus was carrying over 40 people, most of whom were students returning from visiting a recreational destination, he said.
A woman embraces her son, a passenger who has survived a bus accident, as he arrives in Depok, West Java, Indonesia, on May 12, 2024.(Photo by Rahmat Dian P./Xinhua)
Senior police officer Asep Setia Permana said the bus driver could not control the vehicle after a brake failure occurred. The bus had hit two motorcycles before it rolled on, he added.
As of early Sunday, the death toll from the tragedy has risen to 11, according to media reports.
"The death toll from this accident is 11, including six women and five," West Java Police Chief Inspector General Ahmad Wiyagus was quoted as saying by Jakarta Globe.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation. ■
