At least eleven people were killed and dozens more were injured when a bus carrying high school students on a graduation trip crashed on Indonesia's biggest island, police said.
The bus was carrying more than 60 students and teachers from the Java Island town of Depok to Lembang, a popular tourist spot, when it crashed at 6:48 pm (12:48am Irish time).
The students had just celebrated their graduation and were on a school trip when the bus suddenly lost control and tilted to the left, crashing into a car and three motorbikes, West Java province police spokesman Jules Abraham Abast told AFP.
"Out of the passengers who died, nine of them were students, and one of them was a teacher," Mr Abast said.
One motorcyclist was also killed in the crash, while 13 people were seriously injured and 40 others suffered minor injuries, he added.
Local traffic police chief Undang Syarif Hidayat told broadcaster Kompas, that he suspected the bus's brake malfunctioned before the crash, but Mr Abast said police are still investigating the cause of the incident.
Deadly traffic accidents are common in Indonesia, where vehicles are often old or poorly maintained, and road rules are routinely ignored.
Last month, at least 12 people were killed when a car crashed into a bus and another car on a busy highway in West Java, as people travelled to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr with relatives at the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
