A passenger bus crash killed at least 16 people on Indonesia’s main island of Java just after midnight on Monday, officials said.
The bus carrying 34 people lost control on a toll road and struck a concrete barrier before rolling onto its side, said Budiono, a search and rescue agency chief who goes by a single name like many Indonesians.
The inter-province bus was travelling from the capital Jakarta to the country’s ancient royal city of Yogyakarta when it overturned while entering a curved...
16 dead as Indonesian bus hits barrier, rolls on side; witnesses say driver was speeding
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Source: scmp.com

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