Fatal tragedy: Rescue personnel inspecting the wreckage at the crash site in Sumedang, West Java province. — Reuters
A tourist bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia’s main island of Java after its brakes apparently malfunctioned, killing at least 27 people and injuring 39 others, police and rescuers said.
The bus was carrying a group of Muslim junior high school students, teachers and parents from the West Java province town of Subang when the accident happened late Wednesday on a winding road, said local police chief Eko Prasetyo Robbyanto.
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