At least 11 killed in bus crash


Horrific accident: The wreckage of a bus lying on the side of a road following the accident in West Java. The bus was carrying high school students and teachers returning after a graduation celebration. — AP

A bus slammed into cars and motorbikes after its brakes apparently malfunctioned in the country’s West Java province, killing at least 11 people, mostly students, and injuring dozens of others, officials said.

The bus carrying 61 students and teachers was returning to a high school in Depok outside Jakarta, the capital, late Saturday from the hilly resort area of Bandung after a graduation celebration, said West Java police spokesperson Jules Abraham Abast.

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