PALEMBANG, Indonesia - Twenty-five people were killed when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia’s Sumatra island after its brakes apparently malfunctioned, police said Tuesday. Gumara said the bus plunged into a 80-meter (262-foot) -deep ravine and crashed into a fast-flowing river after the driver lost control of the vehicle in an area with a number of sharp inclines. The capacity of the bus is 52 passengers, but the number of passengers on board was unclear. Early last year, 27 people were killed when a packed tourist bus plunged from a hill in West Java province. In September last year, 21 were killed when a tourist bus plunged into a ravine in Bogor, another hilly area in West Java.

Source: thestar December 24, 2019 05:15 UTC