PADANG, Indonesia: A bus carrying 34… passengers sped out of control on a downhill road and overturned in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province on Tuesday (May 6), killing at least 12 people and leaving others injured, police said.
The inter-province bus was on its way to Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, from Medan in North Sumatra province
At least 12 dead in Indonesia bus crash after brakes apparently failed, police say
People inspect the wreckage of a passenger bus after it…
People inspect the wreckage of a passenger bus after it sped out of control on a downhill road and overturned in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Credit: AP/M.Sulthan Azzam
PADANG, Indonesia — A bus carrying 34 passengers sped out of control on a downhill road and overturned in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and leaving others injured, police said.
The inter-province bus was on its way to Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, from Medan in North Sumatra province when its brakes apparently malfunctioned near a bus terminal in West Sumatra’s Padang city, said Reza Chairul Akbar Sidiq, the director of West Sumatra traffic police.
He said 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.
In Indonesia,#, a bus crash #claimed at least 12 lives,# and police say the brakes failed. #
