Church bus plunges into river, killing 18 in Indonesia

A car and a packed church bus returning from an outing have 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.

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.