Man dies after jeep hit at train crossing

Man dies after jeep hit at train crossing

JAKARTA (JP): A man died instantly on Saturday when his jeep
was hit by a train at Rawa Buaya in Klingkit village in West
Jakarta.

"The crash happened because of an unattended railway crossing
gate which led the victim, Han On Tjiang, 53, to drive his Feroza
jeep onto the railway track," a Cengkareng Police detective.

The detective, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said
the jeep, with registration number B 2026 BR, was dragged by cars
from train No. 630 which was passing along Rawa Buaya.

"It took nearby residents one hour to get the body of the dead
victim out of the crushed jeep.

"Han was a resident of Badilah lane in Tangki subdistrict of
Taman Sari, West Jakarta. He was passing the railway track when
the train came from the east side."

It was the second fatal train accident in the past month.

A train travelling on the Jakarta-Merak line collided head-on
with another train on May 1, killing four passengers and injuring
37 others.

The collision of the two diesel-powered trains, Langsam and
Patas Merak, occurred at 9:15 a.m. on a single line track at the
Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) housing complex, between Sudimara and
Serpong stations.

Becak (pedicab) driver Sumarno, 35, was decapitated when he
was caught between the train sections.

Officials from state railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia
(KAI) said the accident was still under police investigation.

Other officials, including Director General of Land
Transportation Santo Budiono and spokesman for KAI's greater
Jakarta area Zainal Abidin, concluded the collision was mainly
caused by system failure instead of human error.

Other sources have hinted sabotage may have caused the crash.
(ylt)