At least 18 killed in Indonesian bus crash

A car and a packed church bus returning from an outing collided and plunged into a river in Indonesia's West Java province, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than a dozen others, police said Wednesday, according to AP. The bus, carrying about 60 people from a church in northern Jakarta, was returning from a trip to the hilly resort town of Puncak when its brakes apparently malfunctioned, said local traffic police chief Capt. Muhammad Chaniago. He said the bus hit a small car and crashed through the wall of a roadside building before both vehicles fell up to 8 meters (26 feet) into the river in Cisarua. At least 18 people were confirmed dead and 40 injured, said Budi Aksono of the local disaster management agency.