US EditionPassenger 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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At least 16 people were killed in a serious bus accident in Indonesia on Monday morning. The accident occurred on a long-distance bus route on the island of Java, where fatal traffic accidents occur again and again. The surviving bus driver is questioned by the investigators. Monday morning an accident with a passenger bus on the Indonesian island of Java cost at least 16 people their lives. The bus was on the way overnight from the capital Jaka…
The accident occurred when a car following the Jacarta capital in the direction of Yogyakarta made a curve at a "very high" speed, collapsed with the safety barrier and capoto.
The head of the National Search and Rescue Agency office reported that the bus crashed "at high speed" with a concrete barrier before tipping.
The vehicle approached a turn at a "high enough" speed, then struck the safety barrier and overturned.
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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