Bus Accident in Indonesia: Passenger Bus Loses Control and Collides with Concrete Barrier in Java, Killing at Least 16 People

Bus Accident in Indonesia: down Monday, December 22, a bus carrying 34 people lost control and hit a concrete barrier before rolling down the road on Indonesia’s Java major island, resulting in at least 16 fatalities and other injuries. Officials received the information and began the search and rescue effort.

According to the news agency AP, the inter-province bus was on its way from Jakarta to Yogyakarta when it flipped over as it entered a curving departure ramp at the Krapyak tollway in Semarang, Central Java. Forty minutes after the collision, the police and rescue squad arrived and started a rescue effort.

Six dead corpses were found by the rescue crew at the scene of the collision. Ten more people passed while during treatment and while traveling to the hospital. Thirteen casualties were in severe condition and five were in critical condition among the 18 patients receiving treatment at two local hospitals.