Misunderstanding caused train collision: PT KAI<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): An official from the state railway company PT
\nKereta Api Indonesia (KAI) rejected speculations on Sunday that
\nthe train collision in the Pinangsia-Ancol area on Saturday was
\ncaused by human error, preferring to call it a
\n"misunderstanding".<\/p>\n
KAI spokesman Zainal Abidin said the electric passenger train,
\nwhich left Kampung Bandan railway station at around 12:57 p.m. on
\nFriday, suddenly lost its power and stopped at an area between
\nKampung Bandan and Angke railway station.<\/p>\n
"Officials in Kampung Bandan telephoned the Angke station
\nasking whether the electric passenger train from Tangerang had
\narrived," Zainal told reporters.<\/p>\n
He said the officials at Angke station responded that the
\nelectric train must have been in a secure position and that the
\nnext train, which was the diesel freight train, could leave the
\nKampung Bandan station.<\/p>\n
"So the Kampung Bandan station released the diesel train,
\nwhich eventually rear-ended the electric train at 40 kilometers
\nper hour," said Zainal.<\/p>\n
He added that the track between the Angke and the Kampung
\nBanda stations was curvilinear, making it difficult for the
\ndriver of the diesel train to see ahead clearly.<\/p>\n
"We're still investigating the panel monitor of the train
\nsignals between the two stations, which was supposed to help the
\nofficials in locating the electric train," said Zainal, adding
\nthat there was no radio communication on the track.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Pademangan and North Jakarta police officers were
\ninvestigating the cause of the electricity failure on the
\npassenger train.<\/p>\n
"We're also going to ask Sumarno, driver of the passenger
\ntrain, about the case," said Zainal, adding that the driver of
\ndiesel train, Jumiran, was still hospitalized at Atmajaya
\nHospital in Pluit, North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The train collision, which occurred at 1:10 p.m., killed three
\npeople, all identified as staffers at PT KAI, and injured at
\nleast 12 others, mostly passengers of the electric train.<\/p>\n
"All of the victims' medical expenditures, both the passengers
\nand our employees, will be covered by medical insurance provided
\nby PT KAI," said Zainal.<\/p>\n
The collision on Friday was the fifth incident in the greater
\nJakarta area in the past seven months.<\/p>\n
In January, two people died and 10 others were injured when a
\ngroup of teenagers, who were sitting on the roof of the train,
\nwere hit by an approaching bridge in Paledang subdistrict of
\nCentral Bogor.<\/p>\n
In April, a Jabotabek commuter train heading for Bogor
\ncareered into a Pakuan Express train, also Bogor-bound, between
\nManggarai and Tebet stations in South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Another train collision happened at the capital's outskirts in
\nKarawang in mid April, when two freight trains collided with an
\nArgo Bromo express train from Surabaya, and killed four men and
\ninjured eight people.<\/p>\n
In May, a Jakarta-Merak diesel train collided head-on with
\nanother train at Bumi Serpong Damai housing complex of Serpong,
\nwest of Jakarta, killing four passengers and injuring 37 others.
\n(07)<\/p>",
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