Toll rises to 15 dead in Indonesia train crash
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- A train crash outside Jakarta, Indonesia, killed 15 people, all women, when a long-distance train collided with the rear of a stopped commuter train at Bekasi Timur Station.
- The impacted car was a women-only carriage, a common measure to prevent harassment, and 88 injured passengers were hospitalized.
- Rescue teams completed victim evacuation by midmorning, confirming no further casualties, while all 240 passengers on the long-distance train were unharmed.
- Authorities believe the crash stemmed from an earlier incident where a commuter train hit a stalled taxi, causing a chain reaction leading to the collision under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Committee.
- Train accidents are frequent in Indonesia due to an aging rail network, with a recent collision in January 2024 in West Java killing at least four people.
