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School bus plunges into ravine, killing 27

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The bus carrying school children and some parents returning from an excursion plunged into a ravine on the Indonesian island of Java on Wednesday (March 10) night, the country's transportation ministry said.

The search and rescue agency said in a statement that the driver of the bus lost control shortly before the crash in an area near the city of Sumedang.

The transportation ministry said 39 people had survived.