'Argolawu' train hits car, kills 3

'Argolawu' train hits car, kills 3

SURAKARTA, C. Java: A couple and their unborn child died
Tuesday when the Argolawu express train on the Jakarta-Surakarta
line hit a minibus carrying five passengers on a railway crossing
here.

One of the victims was a woman in the late stage of pregnancy,
Antara said.

Witnesses said the accident occurred at about 5 a.m. local
time because the railway crossing guard had fallen asleep and
failed to close the gate before the train reached the crossing.

The couple who died were Rachmat Sugianto, 33, his wife,
Lusiana, 28, and their baby who could not be saved.

Two other passengers, Rachmat's mother, Eliawati, 54, and his
younger brother, Budi Santoso, 33, who was driving the car, were
seriously injured and had to be hospitalized.

Trianti Jayadi, one of their relatives, said the family was
taking Lusiana to the Dr. Oen Solo Baru hospital to give birth.

Meanwhile, local police spokesman Lt.Col. Imam Suwangsa said
the police had arrested the railroad crossing guard, Margono, 50,
and questioned Sukadi, the Argolawu driver.