Man falls from train at platform

JAKARTA (JP): A 48-year-old man who tried to board a moving train, died after he fell and hit his head on the edge of the platform at Manggarai Railway Station in South Jakarta yesterday afternoon.

The man, Suherman, 48, from Tasikmalaya in West Java, suffered severe head injuries.

His body was taken to Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital for a postmortem examination.

Ade Ramlan, a station official, said that Suherman, a trader, was trying to catch a train bound for Bogor.

"He was trying to pull himself into the moving train but he failed. He was flung from the train and hit the platform."

Ade said he ran to the man's aid and found that Suherman was still alive.

"I took him to the Intensive Care Unit for treatment. But when we arrived there, the doctor pronounced him dead." (09)