Boy on train roof electrocuted

Boy on train roof electrocuted

JAKARTA: A boy who rode on the roof of an overcrowded electric
train died of electrocution on Thursday morning at Jatinegara
railway station in East Jakarta.

The victim was about 10 years old, and the body was
immediately taken to Cipto Mangunkusumo general hospital in
Central Jakarta, but by late afternoon no one had come to claim
the body, according to an employee of the hospital's morgue.

Passengers sitting on the roof of a train or clinging to the
doors are a common sight during peak hours here. Despite the
danger, they prefer to take overcrowded trains than public
transportation by road because it is cheap and quick. Many of
them also do not pay the fares. --JP