Over 20 people injured in train crash in South Jakarta<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): At least 24 people were injured on Friday
\nevening when 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
Head of state-owned PT Kereta Api Indonesia for the Jabotabek
\n(Jakarta-Bogor-Tangerang-Bekasi) area Masjraul Hidajat said no
\nfatalities had been reported and his office was still
\ninvestigating the cause of the 6:00 p.m. accident.<\/p>\n
\"It occurred in the middle of a heavy rain and thunder storm,\"
\nMasjraul said over the phone.<\/p>\n
All of the injured passengers were immediately taken to nearby
\nhospitals.<\/p>\n
\"One victim was rushed to Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
\nin Central Jakarta while seven more were admitted to Mitra
\nKeluarga Hospital in East Jakarta,\" he added.<\/p>\n
However, staff at the Cipto were seen busily treating at least
\nfive of the injured victims, including an unconscious man who was
\nlater transferred to nearby St. Carolus Hospital.<\/p>\n
Most of the victims, all of whom were passengers on the
\nPakuan, suffered head injuries.<\/p>\n
Lucia, one of the injured passengers who suffered slight back
\ninjuries, said the Pakuan train stopped suddenly on the tracks at
\nabout 6:15 p.m. The electricity then failed.<\/p>\n
\"When the lights were turned back on, a passenger from the
\nback of the train screamed and told us that a train was
\napproaching from behind,\" recalled Lucia, whose unconscious
\nhusband was treated at the Carolus.<\/p>\n
The accident happened at the busiest time for the electricity-
\npowered Jabotabek trains, better known as KRL. Hundreds of
\npassengers pack into the trains, particularly during the morning
\nand evening rush hours.<\/p>\n
A night shift female operator at Mitra Keluarga Hospital said
\nthe hospital had received \"plenty of injured people\" from the
\naccident.<\/p>\n
Another female nurse at the hospital's emergency room said
\nthey still could not give an exact victim tally nor elaborate on
\nthe kinds of wounds they were treating because all staffers were
\nbusy with the patients.<\/p>\n
\"I'm sorry because we're on a state of emergency here. We are
\nall hands on deck here,\" she said anxiously.<\/p>\n
She only said that the victims were brought in at about 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
At 10:15 p.m., the hospital's on-duty doctor Whisnu said that
\nmedical staff had treated 19 victims.<\/p>\n
\"Three passengers have suffered the most. One has back and
\nhead injuries while the two others have leg fractures,\" he said.<\/p>\n
There are no reports so far on the whereabouts of the drivers
\nof both trains.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, passenger Yono on the approaching Pakuan train said
\nhe felt that train make a sudden stop at about 6:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
\"I was sitting in the final carriage of the train when the
\ntrain broke suddenly,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Pakuan Express trains ply between Jakarta Kota station in West
\nJakarta and Bogor station, only stopping at Gambir station in
\nCentral Jakarta along the way. Meanwhile KRL trains stops at 22
\nstations on their way. (asa\/nvn)<\/p>",
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