27 killed in bus accident in Indonesia, mostly school students

A bus carrying mostly junior high school students plunged into a ravine in Indonesia's West Java Province late Wednesday, killing 27 people, a local rescuer said.Of the 66 people who were in the bus, 39 survived but were in various conditions, said Joshua Banjarnahor, spokesman for the search and rescue office in the provincial capital of Bandung.The National Search and Rescue Agency said the fatal accident occurred in Sumedang, a town about 85 kilometers east of Bandung. Local media reports pointed to malfunctioning brakes as a possible cause.READ FULL ARTICLE