West Sumatra Police Chief (West Sumatra) Inspector General of Police Gatot Tri Suryanta revealed that 12 people were killed and 23 others injured in the deadly bus accident in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra, Tuesday, May 6.
"There are 12 temporary data on the death toll. A total of 23 other people were injured," he said in Padang Panjang, Tuesday, May 6, as reported by Antara.
He said his party was still investigating the cause of the accident that claimed many lives.
"The driver and assistant are safe, but they are still being treated," he said.
The West Sumatra Police Chief detailed that the death toll consisted of seven men and five women.
Two of them are still children. Meanwhile, the injured victims consisted of 17 men and six women.
The dead were taken to Padang Panjang Hospital, while the injured were partially treated at Ibnu Sina Hospital.
He explained that this accident occurred at around 08.15 WIB, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. The bus came from Medan to Bekasi.
Arriving at the descent of the Bow Terminal, the bus lost control and hit the fence of a resident's house and overturned.
Many passengers died from being pinched by the bus body. Evacuation even lasted until noon.
A traffic accident involving an ALS bus that allegedly suffered a failed brake hit a number of other vehicles at the Bow Terminal, Padang Panjang City, West Sumatra, Tuesday.
It is known that the bus was traveling from Bukittinggi to Padang City.
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Currently, Padang Panjang Police are still evacuating traffic accident victims to Yarsi Hospital and Padang Panjang Hospital.
The West Sumatra Regional Police also established the DVI Laka Maut Bus Post at the Padang Panjang Hospital.
The identification of the victim was carried out at the Padang Panjang City Regional General Hospital (RSUD).
"We also set up a DVI Command Post at the RSUD, we also prepared a trauma healing team to provide services to victims to children and families because there are still children looking for their parents carried out by policewomen psychologists and psychology at Padang Panjang Hospital," he said.
His party has not been able to conclude the cause of the accident. For further information, two bus drivers and a bus driver are being questioned. The condition of a driver himself is not yet conscious after the accident.
Inter-City Inter-Provincial Bus (AKAP) Inter-Sumatra (ALS) on the Medan-Bekasi route with police number B 7152 FGA rolled over this morning at 08.15 WIB, Tuesday 6 May in the Bukit Surungan area, Padang Panjang.
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