Three crushed to death by train<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A man, his wife and their 15-year-old daughter
\nwere crushed by an Argo Bromo express train after they
\ndisembarked from their train on the wrong side of the tracks at
\nthe Pondok Kopi station in East Jakarta on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
The couple's 13-year-old and 11-year-old sons, who also were
\npresent, survived the accident but one of them suffered serious
\ninjuries.<\/p>\n
Suminto, a staff member at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
\nin Central Jakarta, identified the three victims killed in the
\naccident as 40-year-old Cakra, his wife Darikem, 35, and their
\ndaughter Taryani.<\/p>\n
\"Their son Sukiman, 13, lost both of his arms and is currently
\nunder heavy sedation here, while his younger brother Iwan
\nsuffered no injuries at all,\" Suminto said.<\/p>\n
A eyewitness, Sgt. Maj. M. Nurdin, said on Thursday the family
\nwas seen getting off the train from Purwakarta, West Java, at
\naround 10:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
\"Iwan told me that they had just come from Subang, West Java.
\nWhen the family got off the train on the wrong side, Darikem was
\nhelping Iwan up onto a coupling on our train when the Argo Bromo
\ntrain passed and hit the rest of the family,\" Nurdin said.<\/p>\n
Cakra, his wife and their daughter suffered severe injuries
\nand died instantly.<\/p>\n
Before being sedated, Sukiman asked in a barely audible voice
\nthe fate of his parents.<\/p>\n
Iwan was picked up at the hospital by a relative who did not
\nwish to be identified. Before his relative arrived, the boy said
\nhis father used to earn about Rp 200,000 a month.<\/p>\n
\"I don't know what will happen to me now,\" he said.<\/p>\n
A staff member at the hospital said if anyone wished to adopt
\nIwan they should contact the hospital. (ylt)<\/p>",
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