JAKARTA, Feb 9 (NNN-ANTARA) – Two people were killed and 14 others injured, after a bus, carrying local government employees, fell into a ravine, in Lumban Pasir village, Mandailing Natal district, in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, an official said yesterday.
Jakfar Lubis, a Mandailing Natal Kotanopan sub-district police officer, said, the passengers are employees of the Agam district administration, in West Sumatra province, who were on their way home, after a working visit to Aceh Province.
“At the Muara Mais Bridge, a truck suddenly came from the opposite direction, the bus swerved to avoid the truck, then hit the bridge barrier and fell into the river as deep as 15 metres,” Lubis explained.
One of the dead was the driver, and the injured were taken to the Kotanopan community health centre and the Panyabungan regional public hospital.
Currently, rescuers are trying to retrieve the bus from the river.– NNN-ANTARA
