14 dead as schoolbus falls into ravine

A bus carrying junior high school students and their teachers plunged into a ravine on Indonesia's main island of Java today, leaving 14 dead and 48 in hospital - some in critical condition - police said.

The driver lost control when the bus passed another vehicle and hit three cars and two motorbikes near the West Java town of Cipanas, and the bus fell into a 30-foot-deep ravine, said Capt. Basuki of the local police.