SMAN 1 Sidoarjo Bus Accident On Ngawi Toll Road, Teacher And Student Died

A tourism bus carrying a group of students and teachers from SMAN 1 Sidoarjo had an accident on the Ngawi-Solo Toll Road, Ngale Village, Paron, Ngawi Regency, East Java, Thursday (18/1/2024). BETWEEN/HO-special

NGAWI - The death toll from the accident of a group of students' buses and teachers at SMA Negeri 1 Sidoarjo increased by one to two people. One victim is a student named Nabil Azfa Putra (17).

"The victim was seriously injured, until he finally died," said the Head of the Ngawi Police Traffic Unit, AKP Sapari, confirmed on Friday, January 19.

According to Sapari, the victim suffered injuries to the back of the head, forehead, bruises on both eyes, and others. Meanwhile, another victim named Sutining Hidayah, a counseling guidance teacher (BK), died in an accident.

"There were also 14 people injured, injured, treated at Widodo Ngawi Hospital," he said.

The tourism bus carrying a group of SMA Negeri 1 Sidoarjo study tours had an accident, on Thursday night, January 18, 2024. The bus fell and rolled over in a ditch, to be precise KM 575A Ngawi Toll Road heading to Surabaya.

The accident started with a bus driver trying to avoid a truck loaded with rambutan fruit, and in front of him a tire burst and swayed.

The group bus hit the back of the truck, before it finally lost control and rolled over and fell into the left ditch of the toll road.

"So because the distance from the bus may be too close, it could not be avoided until the accident occurred," he said.