We hope that the families of the victims are tough in the face of the ordeals."
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed sympathy and conveyed deep condolences to the victims of Panorama bus accident in East Java.

"We hope that the families of the victims are tough in the face of the ordeals," the President wrote on his Twitter account on Sunday.

It was earlier reported that at least four SDN Ngampel Sari Candi elementary schools students of Sidoarjo District, East Java, were killed in a tourist Panorama bus accident in Ngambal Vilage, Pasuruan District, on Saturday.

The four dead victims who were in a tourism study tour to Bukit Flora, were Haris, Fahrel, Rangga, and Noveldi.

"There are four dead victims and 19 others suffered from light and serious injuries," Listman, an official of state-owned Jasa Raharja insurance firm said at Purwosari Public Healthcare Center, said.

He said that the bus was carrying 63 passengers, including the driver, conductor, teacher and an number of students parents.
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