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Train collision in Indonesia kills seven as rescuers work to reach survivors
TL;DR
A train collision near Jakarta, Indonesia, has resulted in at least seven deaths and numerous injuries. Rescuers are working to reach two survivors trapped in the wreckage.
Key points
- Train collision occurred near Jakarta, Indonesia
- At least seven people killed in the incident
- 81 individuals reported injured
- Rescuers are trying to reach trapped survivors
- Survivor described the terrifying moments after the crash
Rescuers were racing to reach survivors on Tuesday morning outside the Indonesian capital of Jakarta after two trains collided overnight, killing at least seven people and injuring scores.
Rescuers were working to get to two people still trapped alive in the wreckage, a spokesperson for the state-owned KAI rail company told local television in the early hours.
Anna Purba put the death toll at seven with 81 injured.
One survivor told of the moments after a long-distance train slammed into the stationary commuter train she was in, trapping people inside mangled carriages.
“I thought I was going to die,” Sausan Sarifah, 29, said from her bed at the RSUD Bekasi hospital, where she was admitted with a broken arm and a deep cut to one thigh.
Rescuers work to evacuate trapped passengers from the wreckage after the collision. Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA
She was on her way home from work, she said, when her train stopped at the Bekasi Timur station about 25km (15 miles) from Jakarta.
“It all happened so fast, in a split second,” Sausan said.
“There were two announcements from the commuter train. Everyone was ready to get off, and then suddenly there was the sound of the locomotive, really loud,” she said.
“There was no time to get out, and everyone ended up piled up inside the train, crushed on top of one another. I don’t know how the person underneath me is doing.”
The crash at Bekasi Timur station early on Tuesday killed at least seven people and injured 81. Photograph: Willy Kurniawan/Reuters
She said she had feared suffocating to death in the human pile-up, and worried that some pinned underneath did not survive.
“Thank God I was on top, so I could be evacuated quickly,” Sausan said.
According to Franoto Wibowo, a spokesperson for rail operator KAI, a taxi appeared to have clipped the commuter train on a level crossing, causing it to come to a standstill on the tracks, where it was hit.
Q&A
What caused the train collision in Indonesia?
The exact cause of the train collision has not been disclosed yet, but it involved a long-distance train hitting a stationary commuter train.
How many people were injured in the Indonesian train crash?
At least 81 people were reported injured in the train crash near Jakarta.
Where did the train collision occur in Indonesia?
The train collision occurred outside the capital city of Jakarta, Indonesia.
What are the current rescue efforts following the train accident?
Rescuers are actively working to reach two individuals still trapped alive in the wreckage of the collision.
