Jakarta: At least seven domestic tourists were killed and 34 others injured after a wooden vessel sank in Indonesia’s Bengkulu province, a senior rescuer said on Monday.
Muslikun Sodik, head of the Bengkulu Province Search and Rescue Office, stated that the incident occurred on Sunday at around 16:30 Jakarta time. The boat, carrying 98 local tourists and six crew members, was returning to Bengkulu City from Tikus Island when it sank.
Bengkulu Head Version
“When the ship was approaching Bengkulu City, it experienced engine failure amid bad weather with strong winds and high waves,” Sodik told Xinhua.
“The ship was hit by huge waves, struck a reef, and began leaking before it sank,” he added.
“Seven people were killed, 15 others were rushed to RSHD Bengkulu, and 19 more were taken to the Bhayangkara Police Hospital in the province,” Sodik said.
Earlier Accident 1
Last week on Tuesday at least 12 people were killed and more than five others injured in a single-vehicle bus accident in Padang Panjang city, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, on Tuesday morning, an official confirmed.
The incident involved a bus operated by the Antar Lintas Sumatra (ALS) company, traveling the Medan-Jakarta route. The bus reportedly lost control and overturned after experiencing a brake failure.
“The ALS bus experienced brake failure while moving at high speed. It failed to negotiate a bend and rolled over,” said Arkes Refagus, head of the transport department in Padang Panjang.
He added that the bus rolled to the left and struck the fence of a house. “The driver survived as he was seated on the right side, while the bus overturned to the left,” Refagus told Xinhua.
According to Refagus, the bus was carrying 25 passengers. All the victims were transported to two local hospitals.
Earlier Accident 2
Last week of March four people killed and three injured in Sukoharjo Regency when a train and a car collided.
The accident took place at a railway crossing on Pasarangutar Street. Seeing this, everyone’s soul trembled. Feni Novida Saragih, public relations coordinator of Operations Area 06 of Indonesia’s state-owned railway company PT Kereta AP Indonesia, said that all the victims were immediately rushed to DKR Sukoharjo Hospital, Saragih told Xinhua.