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Passenger Bus Crash in Indonesia Kills at Least 15 People, Official Says

  • On Monday, the crash killed at least 15 persons after a bus carrying 34 passengers lost control shortly after midnight.
  • The bus was travelling between Jakarta and Yogyakarta on Java island and entered a curved exit ramp at the Krapyak toll way in Semarang when the crash occurred.
  • Police and emergency teams arrived about 40 minutes after the crash and recovered six bodies at the scene, while two nearby hospitals treated 18 patients, including five in critical condition and 13 in serious condition.
  • Television footage showed the yellow bus lying on its side with National Search and Rescue Agency personnel, police and bystanders as ambulances transported the deceased and injured.
  • Budiono said the forceful impact threw several passengers and left them trapped against the bus body, and officials reported another 10 people died en route to hospital or while being treated.
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A fatal accident occurred at the Krapyak Toll Exit Interchange, Semarang City, on Monday morning, December 22, 2025, at around 00.30 WIB. The PO Cahaya Trans bus from Jatiasih-Bekasi to Yogyakarta overturned on lane A towards Solo. The bus is suspected of being traveling at high speed before hitting the road divider at the connecting lane bend and overturning, crushing the cabin roof. 16 of the 34 passengers on the bus were declared dead. All vi…

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Indonesia bus crash kills 16, rescuer says

The bus was headed from the capital Jakarta to Yogyakarta and was travelling at a "fairly high" speed, the head of a local rescue agency said.

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