12 killed in Lamongan train crash

Sat, 29 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): Twelve people were killed and three others
seriously injured when an express train plying the Jakarta-
Surabaya route slammed into a public transit minibus at the
railway crossing on Jl. Pahlawan, in Lamomgan, some fifty
kilometers from the East Java provincial capital, yesterday
morning.

East Java Police spokesman Lt. Col. Ahmad Ifai told Antara
here yesterday that 10 of the victims died instantly, while the
other two died in the Lamongan hospital. The injured are being
treated at there.

The decease and injured were all passengers of the minibus.

Eyewitnesses said the minibus was dragged some 500 meters by
the train upon impact. They blamed the horrifying accident on the
carelessness of the minibus driver who sped through despite
warnings that a train would soon be passing the railway crossing
which has no barricade. (bas)

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