Posted on 05/16/2022 11:03:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin
At least 14 people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a bus carrying domestic tourists crashed into an advertising sign in Indonesia's East Java province early on Monday, police said.
The bus -- which was carrying 31 passengers, the driver and a crew member -- hit the pole and then rolled over on a toll road connecting the town of Mojokerto to the country's second city, Surabaya.
The victims were from Benowo, a village near Surabaya, and were returning home after a long weekend at popular holiday destination Dieng Plateau, about 400 kilometers away in Central Java, local official Ridwan Mubarun told Indonesian television station Metro TV.
Deadly traffic accidents are common in Indonesia, where vehicles are often old or poorly maintained and road rules are routinely ignored.
Last month, 16 people were killed when a truck carrying miners crashed into a cliff in West Papua province, police said.
In February, 13 people died and dozens more were injured after a tour bus carrying factory workers to a popular beach holiday tipped over and crashed on Java island, according to police.
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Prayers for the victims and their loved ones and for those who are trying to help them.
Having ridden buses in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, on narrow gravel roads on steep mountainsides with blind corners... it’s a white knuckle sphincter clenching experience. These incidents do not surprise me in the least.
Heavy rains and thunderstorms in the Surabaya area.
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