Indonesia bus carrying school children plunges into ravine, killing 27

Rescue personnel work at the crash site after a bus fell into a ravine in Sumedang, West Java Province, Indonesia March 10, 2021, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken March 10, 2021. Antara Foto/Raisan Al Farisi/via REUTERS.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A bus carrying school children and some parents returning from an excursion plunged into a ravine on the Indonesian island of Java on Wednesday night, killing 27 people, the country's transportation ministry said.

The search and rescue agency said in a statement on Thursday that the driver of the bus lost control shortly before the crash in an area near the city of Sumedang in West Java province.