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JAKARTA - The deadly accident of the Surabaya Indah Bus with the police number EA 7282 SB with the EA 7595 A bus mini on the highway from Sumbawa to Poto Tano, West Sumbawa Regency, NTB, resulted in 6 deaths and 8 injuries.

"6 people died and 8 people are undergoing medical treatment at the local health center," said Head of the West Sumbawa Police Traffic Unit, AKP Made Sugiarta in Mataram, quoted from Antara, Saturday, February 25.

He said the fatal accident occurred on Friday, around 21.30 WITA on the Poto Tano highway or in Kokarlian Village, Poto Tano District, West Sumbawa Regency. Where at that time, a mini bus EA 7595 A that passed from Sumbawa to Poto Tano, from the opposite direction came the EA 7282 SB bus from Poto Tano to Bima and collided.

"As a result of the accident, a number of passengers in the minibus car died and suffered serious injuries, so the victims were rushed to the puskesmas," he said.

After the incident, his party who received information immediately went down to conduct a crime scene investigation and helped the victims. However, not all victims could be saved, due to serious injuries as a result of the accident.

"The victims who died and who were injured were passengers in a mini bus, while for bus passengers there were no casualties or all survived," he said.

The victims who died have been taken to the funeral home and the other victims are still receiving medical treatment at the local health center.

"The victim is a resident of Sumbawa Besar," he said.

He said the cause of the accident was still uncertain, but both vehicles had been confiscated for further investigation.

"The number of passengers on the mini bus includes 14 drivers and 30 bus passengers," he said.


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