Dream - The farewell event for students of Lingga Kencana Vocational High School in Depok turned into a disaster when the bus carrying the group had an accident in Subang, West Java, on Saturday night, May 11, 2024, resulting in 11 deaths. Dian Nurfarida, the Information Department of Lingga Kencana Social Welfare Foundation (YKS) for SMK Lingga Kencana, said that Bandung was chosen as the location for the farewell event for the third-year students after a previous agreement in a meeting forum.

"Why choose Bandung? Because that place has been agreed upon beforehand, between the parents and the guardians. We have had several meetings to determine the location. So, the place was not chosen randomly or suddenly," said Dian, quoted on Monday, May 13, 2024. Dian explained that the previous school had formed a committee for the event. Even several teams were assigned to survey the event location. She added that bus reservations through a travel agent had also been agreed upon in the meeting."

According to him, the farewell activity is not regularly conducted every year outside the city. The students are also not obliged to participate in the activity. The activity was attended by 157 people, consisting of students and teachers, by riding 3 rented buses.

Unfortunately, an event that should have been full of joy and happiness instead turned into a disaster, as one of the bus groups was involved in an accident. Funerals have been held for the school's casualties. Six of them were buried at TPU Parung Bingung, Depok, West Java, while the rest were buried in their respective hometowns.

Head of the Indonesian National Police Traffic Corps, Inspector General Aan Suhanan, stated that the scene of the accident (TKP) where the bus overturned on Jalan Raya Kampung Palasari, Ciater District, Subang Regency, is a high-risk accident area (blackspot). "This location is a blackspot, accidents often occur here," said Aan.

"So if we look at the crime scene, there is no trace of the bus's brakes. What is there is a tire mark, one part, suspected to be the right tire, a few meters away. Then, until the end point of the incident up there, it crashed into an electric pole," said Aan. Aan suspects that the bus accident was caused by a brake failure, causing it to swerve to the right and collide with a car from the opposite direction. In addition to the faulty brakes, there is a possibility that the driver panicked when the fatal incident occurred."