Death toll rises to 7 in Indonesia train accident-Xinhua

Death toll rises to 7 in Indonesia train accident

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-04-28 09:32:15

Rescue teams work at the train accident scene in Bekasi, Indonesia, April 27, 2026. (Basarnas/Handout via Xinhua)

JAKARTA, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a collision between two trains in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, has risen to seven, with 81 people injured, Anne Purba, a communications officer from the train operator KAI, said on Tuesday morning.

A commuter train on the Jakarta-Bekasi route was involved in a collision with a long-distance train operating on the Jakarta-Surabaya route at around 8:50 p.m. local time on Monday.

All 240 passengers on the long-distance train were safely evacuated, while injured passengers on the commuter train were taken to nearby hospitals.

The collision forced a temporary suspension of long-distance train services to and from Jakarta.

An investigation into the cause of the incident is being conducted by the rail operator and the National Transportation Safety Committee.■

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