This 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. Ten people were killed and more than 10 others wounded in a bus accident in Subang regency of Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday, a rescuer said. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)
JAKARTA, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Ten people were killed and more than 10 others wounded in a bus accident in Subang regency of Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday, a rescuer said.
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.
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.
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.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation. ■
This photo taken on May 11, 2024 shows damaged vehicles after a bus accident at Palasari Village in Subang regency, West Java, Indonesia. Ten people were killed and more than 10 others wounded in a bus accident in Subang regency of Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday, a rescuer said. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)
This photo taken on May 11, 2024 shows people working around a damaged bus after an accident at Palasari Village in Subang regency, West Java, Indonesia. Ten people were killed and more than 10 others wounded in a bus accident in Subang regency of Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday, a rescuer said. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)
This photo taken on May 11, 2024 shows rescue workers operating inside a damaged bus after an accident at Palasari Village in Subang regency, West Java, Indonesia. Ten people were killed and more than 10 others wounded in a bus accident in Subang regency of Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday, a rescuer said. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)
This photo taken on May 11, 2024 shows rescue workers operating inside a damaged bus after an accident at Palasari Village in Subang regency, West Java, Indonesia. Ten people were killed and more than 10 others wounded in a bus accident in Subang regency of Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday, a rescuer said. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)
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. Ten people were killed and more than 10 others wounded in a bus accident in Subang regency of Indonesia's West Java province on Saturday, a rescuer said. (Photo by Rahmat Dian P./Xinhua)