Bus and oil tanker collide in Indonesia, killing at least 16 people
Preliminary findings suggest the bus may have had a tire problem or emitted sparks before the crash, which killed 16 people and injured four, officials said.
- On Wednesday, a passenger bus collided head-on with a fuel tanker on the Trans-Sumatra Highway in North Musi Rawas Regency, South Sumatra, killing at least 16 people and injuring four others, officials said.
- Preliminary findings indicate the bus traveling from Lubuklinggau to Jambi may have emitted sparks shortly before collision, prompting the driver to steer right, disaster management official Mugono said.
- The forceful impact triggered a fire that engulfed both vehicles, trapping victims inside, while the National Search and Rescue Agency deployed firefighters and police to clear wreckage.
- Fourteen bus passengers and two tanker occupants died in the crash, disaster agency official Hasbi Hasidqi said by telephone, while four survivors were transported to a nearby health clinic.
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16 killed after bus crashes into fuel tanker, sparking fire
Sixteen people died Wednesday when a passenger bus collided head-on with a diesel fuel tanker on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, sparking a massive fire that trapped victims inside both vehicles, PEOPLE reports.
16 Dead and 4 Injured After Bus Crashes Head-On with Fuel Tanker
The truck was carrying diesel at the time of the collisionThe wreckage from the crash in South SumatraCredit: South Sumatra Regional Police via APNEED TO KNOW16 people have died after a passenger bus collided with a fuel tanker on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, May 6The crash caused a massive fire, with emergency crews working for hours to extinguish flames and recover victimsThere were four survivors, three suffered severe burns and o…
At least sixteen people have died on the Indonesian island of Sumatra in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a tanker truck. Four others were seriously injured, local authorities report. The accident occurred Wednesday afternoon on the Trans-Sumatra Highway in the province of South Sumatra. Initial investigations indicate that the driver of the passenger bus swerved into the opposite lane because sparks were coming from his bus. At t…
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