Eight killed in two separate road accidents<\/p>\n
Nana Rukmana and Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post,
\nCirebon\/Bandung<\/p>\n
Two fatal road accidents occurred late on Sunday, one in the West
\nJava town of Cirebon and the second in Madina district in North
\nSumatra, resulting in the deaths of eight people in total, while
\non Monday, a train was derailed in the West Java regency of
\nGarut.<\/p>\n
In Cirebon, at least six people were killed and five others
\nwere seriously injured after a Dedy Jaya bus crashed into a group
\nof local residents on their way home from a religious function in
\nthe Cirebon village of Suranenggala.<\/p>\n
Five of the deceased were from Suranenggala village, namely
\nArmadi, 72, Iskak, 75, Erman, 20, Hadi, 20 and Badrudin, 17. The
\nother victim was Kliwon Diah, 75, a resident of the neighboring
\nKertasura village.<\/p>\n
Five other people, who were severely injured in the accident,
\nare being treated at Pelabuhan Kota Hospital in Cirebon.<\/p>\n
First. Insp. Sunarto, the chief of Kapetakan Police
\nsubprecinct, said that the accident began when hundreds of
\nresidents in Suranenggala and Kertasura villages were attending a
\npost-Idul Fitri prayer at a mosque in Suranenggala village.<\/p>\n
After the function, many of the residents crossed the street
\nto go home.<\/p>\n
As they were crossing the street, two buses from bus company
\nDedy Jaya suddenly sped along the street very fast. Warja'i, the
\ndriver of the first bus, had a chance to brake. But, Thobroni,
\nwho was driving the other bus behind him, was apparently unaware
\nthat a large group of people were crossing the street.<\/p>\n
Surprised that Warja'i suddenly braked, Thobroni tried to
\navoid the bus in front of him by quickly swinging sharply to the
\nright. He was able to avoid hitting the bus in front, but he then
\nploughed into the crowd.<\/p>\n
Sunarto said that Thobroni attempted to flee, but hundreds of
\nlocal residents caught him while he was running across a paddy
\nfield. He was then dragged to Kapetakan Police subprecinct by the
\nresidents for investigation into the accident.<\/p>\n
The accident fueled tension in the area as angry residents
\ntried to stop every Dedy Jaya bus passing the area.<\/p>\n
The residents stopped three buses and pelted them with stones,
\nbut police personnel were able to prevent the residents from
\nburning down the buses.<\/p>\n
The police have instructed bus company Dedy Jaya to avoid the
\narea.<\/p>\n
Separately, a truck rammed into a minibus in Madina district
\nin North Sumatra, killing two people. The accident in the
\ndistrict, some 420 kilometers south of the North Sumatra capital
\nof Medan, also injured dozens of bus passengers, eyewitnesses
\nsaid on Monday, as quoted by Antara news agency.<\/p>\n
The two fatalities were a 50-year-old man identified as Daud,
\nand a woman, while the injured were brought to a hospital in
\nPenyabungan.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Pasundan economy-class train was derailed in
\nGarut district in West Java on its way from the provincial
\ncapital of Bandung to Surabaya, the capital of East Java
\nprovince, on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
No fatalities were reported in the incident, but the incident
\ncaused hours of delays for other trains.<\/p>\n
Akhmad Sujadi, the spokesperson of PT Kereta Api Indonesia's
\n(PT KAI) Operational Region III in Bandung, said that the
\ncondition of the railway track was probably the cause of the
\nderailment.<\/p>\n
The derailment was the fourth in the past three weeks in the
\nWest Java area, raising concerns among the public of the
\ncapability of PT KAI, the sole train operator in the country, to
\nassure the safety of train passengers.<\/p>\n
Due to the accident, rail services from Nagrek in Garut to
\nBandung were suspended for more than eight hours.<\/p>",
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