A bus carrying 34 passengers sped out of control on a downhill road and overturned in Indonesia\u2019s West Sumatra province on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and leaving others injured, police said.
\nThe inter-province bus was on its way to Indonesia\u2019s capital, Jakarta, from Medan in North Sumatra province when its brakes apparently malfunctioned near a bus terminal in West Sumatra\u2019s Padang city, said Reza Chairul Akbar Sidiq, the director of West Sumatra traffic police.
\nThe Associated Press quoted him as saying that police were still investigating the cause of the accident, but survivors told authorities that the driver lost control of the vehicle in an area with a number of steep hills in Padang after the brakes malfunctioned.
\nThe 12 bodies, including those of two children, were mostly pinned under the overturned bus, Sidiq said. All the victims, including 23 injured people, were taken to two nearby hospitals, he said.
\nThirteen of the injured were treated for serious injuries, Sidiq said. The driver was among those in critical condition.
\nLocal television footage showed the mangled bus on its side, surrounded by rescuers from the National Search and Rescue Agency, police and passersby as ambulances evacuated the injured victims and the dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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