13 children from Malaysia and Indonesia were taken to the hospital after the bus they were travelling in rolled over and crashed into a ditch in Western Australia, Perth police said yesterday.
The children, aged between 10 and 12 years old, were headed for a camping trip at Lake Leschenaultia yesterday when the driver of their bus apparently lost control, causing the vehicle to “career into a drainage ditch”, near Gidgegannup, some 40 kilometres east of Perth.
The children were accompanied by eight adults. The children and adults were members of environmental groups E-ija in Malaysia and Tunas Indonesia. The breakdown of nationalities among the victims was not immediately known.
“Three suffered injuries including suspected broken bones, and all were taken to hospital for observation,” police said in a statement, as reported by The Malay Mail Online.
“Although the injuries are serious, they are not believed to be life-threatening.”
Eight of the children remained warded across two Perth hospitals yesterday, and were in stable condition.
The eight adults accompanying them on the trip were also hospitalised, but the extent of their injuries remain unknown.
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