US EditionIndonesia Train Crash Death Toll Rises to 14 as Rescuers Search Wreckage
Rescuers were still searching wreckage as officials said 81 injured people were taken to hospitals and police opened an investigation.
- On Monday night, a long-distance train collided with a stopped commuter train at Bekasi Timur Station near Jakarta, killing 14 people, KAI President Director Bobby Rasyidin confirmed Tuesday morning.
- KAI spokesperson Franoto Wibowo stated a taxi clipped the commuter train at a crossing, forcing it to stall before the Argo Bromo Anggrek long-distance train struck the rear car.
- Mohammad Syafii, head of the National Search and Rescue Agency , said rescuers worked "slowly" to free trapped passengers, while 81 injured victims received medical treatment at various facilities.
- Deceased victims were transported to Kramat Jati Police Hospital for identification, as Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto visited survivors in Bekasi on Tuesday morning, promising a swift inquiry.
- The National Transportation Safety Committee is investigating the crash amid broader safety concerns on Indonesia's aging rail network; a 2010 collision in Central Java killed 36 people.
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In Indonesia, two trains collided very close to the capital Jakarta. According to a balance sheet that remains provisional at the moment, there are fifteen dead and more than 80 injured. Some have had to be disincarcerated. The operations for retro uver of survivors lasted all night. Stuck in a pile of plates, and a silent chaos in this Indonesian station... panic reigns among the passengers. This Tuesday morning, the two cars are completely int…
Train collision in Indonesia kills 14, injures dozens
Indonesia's president ordered an investigation Tuesday after a long-distance train smashed into a stationary commuter train overnight, killing 14 people and injuring dozens. Officials ended a nearly 12-hour rescue effort near Bekasi Timur station, east of the capital Jakarta, which saw crews prying open mangled carriages following the Monday night collision.
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