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The crash occurred Monday when a long-distance train crashed
into the rear car of the stopped commuter train at Bekasi Timur
Station outside Jakarta. The car was one designated for women
only, a common accommodation to stop harassment.
A total of 84 injured people were taken to hospitals for
treatment, said Bobby Rasyidin, CEO of state-owned railway
company PT Kereta Api Indonesia. The bodies of the dead were
taken to a hospital for further identification.
Rescue teams completed the evacuation of all victims from inside
the wreckage about midmorning. "There are no further
casualties,” said Mohammad Syafii, the head of the National
Search and Rescue Agency.
All 240 passengers on the Argo Bromo Anggrek long-distance train
were safe, officials said.
Police were investigating the cause of the accident, Jakarta
Police Chief Asep Edi Suheri told reporters at the scene.
The Indonesian Ministry of Transportation said in a written
statement that authorities believe the incident began when
another commuter train hit a stalled taxi near Bekasi Timur
Station.
That led staff to stop a second commuter train at the station,
where it was struck by a long-distance commuter train.
“As for the chronology of events, we are leaving it to the
National Transportation Safety Committee to investigate the
cause of tonight’s train accident in greater detail,” Rasyidin
said.
Accidents are common on Indonesia’s aging railroad network. In
January 2024, two trains collided in West Java province, killing
at least four people.
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Associated Press writer Niniek Karmini in Jakarta, Indonesia,
contributed to this report.
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