Tue, 16 Mar 2004

Man dies in train accident

BEKASI: Mar Rabani, 24, was found dead by locals from Kampung Bekasi Kaum adjacent to the rail tracks at Bekasi Timur late on Sunday, suspected of being hit by a train, police said on Monday.

A witness told the police that the man from Padang, the provincial capital of West Sumatra, was crossing the tracks when a train from Jakarta heading toward Yogyakarta went past.

The victim's body is currently in the morgue of Bekasi general hospital. -- Antara