<p>A bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia's Sumatra island after its brakes apparently malfunctioned, killing at least 28 people and injuring 13 others, police and rescuers said Tuesday.</p>.<p>The accident occurred just before midnight Monday on a winding road in South Sumatra province's Pagaralam district.</p>.<p>Palembang search and rescue operation chief Berty Kowaas said the bodies were taken to a hospital for identification, including that of a young boy who was pulled from a river near the crash site.</p>.<p>One of the injured was in critical condition, local police chief Dolly Gumara said.</p>.<p>Gumara said the bus plunged into an 80-meter (262-foot) -deep ravine and crashed into a fast-flowing river after the driver lost control of the vehicle in an area with a number of sharp declines.</p>.<p>Survivors told authorities that the vehicle's brakes apparently malfunctioned, but police were still investigating the cause of the accident, Gumara said.</p>.<p>The bus was headed for the provincial capital of Palembang from the neighboring city of Bengkulu.</p>.<p>Kowaas said the search for other passengers who might have been dragged away by the river was halted as darkness fell and would be resumed Wednesday morning.</p>.<p>The capacity of the bus was 52 passengers, but the number of passengers on board was unclear. The driver and two crew were among those killed.</p>.<p>Television video showed police and rescuers from the National Search and Rescue Agency evacuating injured victims and carrying the dead in blue body bags.</p>.<p>Grieving relatives waited for information about their loved ones at the bus company's office in Bengkulu and at Pagaralam's Besemah hospital.</p>.<p>Road accidents are common in Indonesia because of poor safety standards and infrastructure.</p>.<p>Early last year, 27 people were killed when a packed tourist bus plunged from a hill in West Java province. Two months later, two accidents in West Java's hilly resort region of Puncak killed at least 15 people.</p>.<p>In September last year, 21 were killed when a tourist bus plunged into a ravine in Bogor, another hilly area in West Java.</p>
<p>A bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia's Sumatra island after its brakes apparently malfunctioned, killing at least 28 people and injuring 13 others, police and rescuers said Tuesday.</p>.<p>The accident occurred just before midnight Monday on a winding road in South Sumatra province's Pagaralam district.</p>.<p>Palembang search and rescue operation chief Berty Kowaas said the bodies were taken to a hospital for identification, including that of a young boy who was pulled from a river near the crash site.</p>.<p>One of the injured was in critical condition, local police chief Dolly Gumara said.</p>.<p>Gumara said the bus plunged into an 80-meter (262-foot) -deep ravine and crashed into a fast-flowing river after the driver lost control of the vehicle in an area with a number of sharp declines.</p>.<p>Survivors told authorities that the vehicle's brakes apparently malfunctioned, but police were still investigating the cause of the accident, Gumara said.</p>.<p>The bus was headed for the provincial capital of Palembang from the neighboring city of Bengkulu.</p>.<p>Kowaas said the search for other passengers who might have been dragged away by the river was halted as darkness fell and would be resumed Wednesday morning.</p>.<p>The capacity of the bus was 52 passengers, but the number of passengers on board was unclear. The driver and two crew were among those killed.</p>.<p>Television video showed police and rescuers from the National Search and Rescue Agency evacuating injured victims and carrying the dead in blue body bags.</p>.<p>Grieving relatives waited for information about their loved ones at the bus company's office in Bengkulu and at Pagaralam's Besemah hospital.</p>.<p>Road accidents are common in Indonesia because of poor safety standards and infrastructure.</p>.<p>Early last year, 27 people were killed when a packed tourist bus plunged from a hill in West Java province. Two months later, two accidents in West Java's hilly resort region of Puncak killed at least 15 people.</p>.<p>In September last year, 21 were killed when a tourist bus plunged into a ravine in Bogor, another hilly area in West Java.</p>