At least 14 people have died and 84 others were injured in a train collision near Jakarta, Indonesia. The accident occurred late Monday night in Bekasi when a long-distance train collided with a stationary commuter train that had previously struck a taxi on the tracks.
Key Takeaways
A train collision near Jakarta has left 14 people dead and 84 injured. The crash involved a commuter train and a long-distance train in Bekasi. Rescuers have completed extracting survivors trapped in the wreckage, focusing on the women-only carriage that bore the brunt of the impact.
- Death toll rises to 14 with 84 injured
- Collision occurred between a commuter train and a long-distance train in Bekasi
- Rescue efforts focused on extricating survivors from mangled carriages
- Women-only carriage suffered most damage, all victims were women
- President Prabowo Subianto orders investigation and plans to build flyovers
The death toll was confirmed by Bobby Rasyidin, chief executive of Indonesia’s state railway firm PT KAI. Mohammad Syafii, head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency, stated that rescuers completed evacuating survivors from the mangled carriages. All victims were women in a women-only carriage, most pinned by crushed metal.
Rescuers used angle grinders to cut through metal compartments to reach survivors. President Prabowo Subianto visited a hospital in Bekasi and agreed to build a flyover near the train tracks to alleviate traffic congestion. He also noted that large parts of the train network are poorly maintained.
The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) is investigating the crash. Land transport accidents are common in Indonesia, with a similar collision in West Java province earlier this year killing four people and injuring dozens.
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