26 killed in bus accident

26 killed in bus accident

BANDUNG, West Java: Twenty-six people were killed and eight
others seriously injured when the bus they were traveling in
plunged into an eight-meter deep gully in Cibedug Limbangan
village, West Java, before dawn on Sunday.

An eyewitness was quoted by Antara as saying that the bus, en
route from Jakarta to Banjar, West Java, hit several poles in the
roadside before plunging into the gully.

Garut police chief, Lt. Col. Fajar, said the eight injured
passengers were receiving medical treatment at Garut general
hospital and Limbangan public health services center.

Forty-six people suffer minor injuries.

Police officers are investigating the cause of the accident.
Survivors told the police hat the bus driver might have fallen
asleep at the wheel.