JAKARTA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Eight people were killed and several others injured when a tour bus crashed into road dividers and a fence in Indonesia's East Java province on Sunday.
The bus, carrying about 50 passengers and returning from Mount Bromo, suffered a brake failure while descending a road in Boto village, Probolinggo regency, said Slamet A., a member of the regency's disaster agency.
"Seven people died at the scene, and one at a hospital. Several others were wounded. The bus was badly damaged," he told Xinhua.
The injured were taken to nearby hospitals and clinics. Police have launched an investigation into the accident. ■
