2 Tewas, Belasan Terluka Setelah Bus Hantam Kolong Jalan Layang
2 Dead, Dozens Injured after Bus Hits Overpass
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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DUA orang tewas dan puluhan lainnya luka-luka, tiga di antaranya kritis, setelah sebuah bus menghantam jalan layang di Bandara Internasional Miami, Amerika Serikat.
Juru bicara bandara, Greg Chin mengatakan, bus wisata milik kapal pesiar, menabrak jalan layang menuju bagian kedatangan bandara pada Sabtu pagi. Bus melaju dengan kecepatan 30 km per jam ketika menghantam kolong jembatan layang.
Penumpang bus sekitar 32 orang, dan semuanya cedera. Separuh penumpang dilarikan ke rumah sakit akibat cedera dan lainnya dirawat di tempat kejadian.
Tinggi bus tidak cukup untuk memasuki area kedatangan, dan hanya bisa dilewati mobil setinggi 3,5 meter, kata Chin.
Polisi mengatakan, salah satu korban tewas seketika karena duduk di depan bagian bus yang hancur. Korban tewas kedua meninggal tidak lama setelah tiba di rumah sakit. Namun belum diketahui identitas korban tewas apakah pria atau wanita.
Polisi Miami, Letnan Rosanna Cordero-Stutz mengatakan bus adalah milik pribadi dan biasa dipakai untuk bus wisata.
Kru penyelamat mengatakan kepada NBC Miami, seperti dikutip Mail Online, bus sedang menuju ke area kedatangan di bandara untuk menurunkan penumpangnya. Kawasan naas itu kini diblokir oleh truk pemadam kebakaran dan mobil polisi, Sabtu pagi.
TWO people were killed and dozens more injured, including three in critical condition, after a bus hit an overpass at Miami International Airport.
Airport spokesman Greg Chin said the bus, which was a cruise or tour bus, hit the overpass going into the airport's arrivals section on Saturday morning. The bus was traveling about 20 mph when it clipped the roof entrance.
There were a total of 32 people aboard the bus, and all have some sort of injuries. About half the passengers were taken to a hospital for their injuries, and the others were treated on the scene.
It appears that the bus was too tall for the entrance to the arrivals area, which has a clearance of about 8 feet 6 inches, said Chin.
According to police reports, one of the victims died instantly having been sitting towards the front-end of the bus, which was crushed. The second victim died shortly thereafter at the hospital. It is still unclear who the two victims were or whether they were male or female.
Miami-Dade police Lt. Rosanna Cordero-Stutz said the bus is privately owned and typically used for tours.
Rescue crews told NBC Miami, however, that the bus was heading to the arrivals area of the airport to drop of its passengers. The arrival area remained blocked off by fire trucks and police cars Saturday morning.
