POLDA Jawa Barat Menyatakan Sekitar 21 Orang Tewas Setelah Dua
POLDA Jawa Barat Menyatakan Sekitar 21 Orang Tewas Setelah Dua
West Java Regional Police said around 21 people were killed after two buses plunged into the ravine in
Cikidang, Sukabumi Regency, West Java Province, Saturday (8/9).
The first accident struck a bus belonging to the National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) which carried
dozens of teachers from DKI Jakarta plunging into a ravine as deep as about 100 meters in Tanjakan
Cisarakan, Kampung Cisarakan, Sukabumi Regency, West Java.
The second accident occurred on the B-7025-SAG police number bus carrying a group of employees of
Honda motorbike dealers PT Catur Putra Group from Bogor. Their buses plunged into a 25-meter ravine
in Cikidang, Sukabumi Regency, West Java.
A spokesman at Pelabuhanratu hospital, Taufik said that in addition to 21 people killed, nine other
people who boarded the bus suffered serious injuries.
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Head of West Java Regional Police Public Relations, Trunoyudo Commissioner Wisnu Andiko said the
employee bus plunged into the ravine as deep as 30 meters after the driver lost control of the vehicle in
the area with a number of steep inclines.
Road accidents are common in Indonesia because of poor safety and infrastructure standards as quoted
by the Associated Pressreported by MailOnline.