Trending:US-Venezuela tensionsIndia U-19 vs Pak U-19Epstein filesBangladesh unrestUkraine peace planMrs Deshpande review2025: The Year in ReviewIndonesia bus overturns on highway, killing at least 16 passengersagence france-presse • December 22, 2025, 10:41:13 ISTWhatsapp Facebook TwitterA high-speed coach bus travelling from Jakarta to Yogyakarta crashed into a barrier and overturned on an Indonesian highway, killing at least 16 people and injuring many othersAdvertisementSubscribe Join Us+ Follow us On GoogleChoose Firstpost on GoogleThis handout picture from Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) taken and released on December 22, 2025 shows rescuers attending to a victim of a bus crash in Semarang, Central Java, after the vehicle slammed into a road barrier at high speed. (AFP)A coach bus slammed into a barrier on an Indonesian highway early Monday, flipping over in an accident that killed at least 16 people, a rescue worker said. The bus, which was headed from the capital Jakarta to Yogyakarta, was travelling at a “fairly high” speed when it reached a turn at a highway interchange, local search and rescue agency head Budiono said in a statement. It overturned after colliding with the road barrier. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD“We … have evacuated 34 people,” said Budiono, who goes by one name. He added that 15 people were pronounced dead at the scene, while another person died in hospital. More from World Lying on laps and more...: What latest Epstein file photos reveal about ex-Prince Andrew Thailand-Cambodia war: 39 killed, half a million displaced after Trump-brokered peace collapsedSeveral victims were transported to the city of Semarang for treatment, he said. Footage shared by the agency showed rescuers moving a victim into a body bag as the nearby bus lay on its side. Transport accidents are common in Indonesia, a vast Southeast Asian archipelago where vehicles are often old and poorly maintained and road rules regularly flouted. In 2024, at least 12 people were killed when a car crashed into a bus and another car on a busy highway as people travelled to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. Quick ReadsView AllThailand-Cambodia war: 39 killed, half a million displaced after Trump-brokered peace collapsedFrom Gujarat to prisoner of war in Ukraine: How Indian was forced to join Russian armyAnd in 2019, at least 35 people were killed when a bus plunged into a ravine on the western island of Sumatra.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Firstpost staff.)Follow Firstpost on Google. Get insightful explainers, sharp opinions, and in-depth latest news on everything from geopolitics and diplomacy to World News.
