Indonesia: At Least 3 Dead As Two Trains Collide On Main Island Of Java

According to Ayep Hanapi, a spokesperson for PT Kereta Api Indonesia, the national railways, the accident happened about 500 metres from the Cicalengka train station in West Java's Bandung city.

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Updated on: 5 January 2024 8:44 am

Two commuter trains collided in Java Island of Indonesia

In a massive accident, at least three people died as two commuter trains faced a head-on collision?on?Indonesia's main island of Java on Friday. The accident reportedly caused?several carriages to buckle and overturn,?officials said.?

According to Ayep Hanapi, a spokesperson for PT Kereta Api Indonesia, the national railways, the accident happened about 500 metres from the Cicalengka train station in West Java's Bandung city.

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It has been told that a train travelling from Surabaya, the capital of East Java province, to Bandung hit a commuter train heading to Padalarang from the Cicalengka station.

Television video showed several carriages overturned or badly mangled and ambulances evacuating the injured. One carriage plunged into a nearby field.

The cause of the accident was being investigated.