6 Singaporean tourists injured in minibus accident near Indonesia’s Mount Bromo: Reports

Eight people on the minibus, including the six Singaporeans, were injured, with their injuries varying from facial lacerations to bruises, Detik reported.

Photos published by local media showed passengers of the minibus being helped out of the vehicle.

They were taken to hospital, said local broadcaster Kompas TV.

The minibus had crashed into the other vehicles because of a suspected brake failure, local news outlet Radar Bromo reported.

Local police cited by Detik said on May 10 that the driver of the minibus at the point of collision was not the designated driver, but an Indonesian traveller headed to Surabaya.

He had replaced the designated driver, who told investigators he was exhausted from the journey descending Bromo.

Investigations into the cause of the accident, which happened at around 11.45am, are ongoing, according to the Probolinggo Police Traffic Unit cited by Detik.

The Straits Times has contacted Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for more information.

The accident comes after an earlier tragedy involving Singaporeans in Indonesia. Two Singaporeans were confirmed dead on May 10 after another active volcano, Mount Dukono on Halmahera island, erupted on May 8.

The eruption also claimed the life of an Indonesian woman.

The victims had been part of a group of 20 – nine Singaporeans and 11 Indonesians – who trekked the volcano on May 7.