At least 28 dead after Indonesian bus plunges into river

At least 28 people have been killed and 13 injured after a bus drove into a river in Sumatra, Indonesia.

Rescuers remove the body of a victim of the bus accident in Pagaralam, Indonesia.

Rescuers remove the body of a victim of the bus accident in Pagaralam, Indonesia. Source: BASARNAS

At least 28 people have been killed and 13 injured when a bus plunged into a river at the bottom of a ravine in Indonesia's Sumatra island.

"The last body we retrieved just before sunset was that of a five-year-old girl. We will continue to look for the remaining victims," local police chief Dolly Gumara said on Tuesday.

He said the accident occurred shortly before midnight on Monday in Pagaralam district of South Sumatra province.

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