Pick-up truck dragged by train

Pick-up truck dragged by train

BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: A 40-car coal train hit a truck,
dragging it for around one kilometer and killing three people on
the spot over the weekend, reports said yesterday.

The accident took place in an unguarded railway crossing of
Belungunratu Village in the North Sungkai sub-district, North
Lampung. The three victims were two adults identified as Ridwan
and Suryanti Iskandar, and Andi Firdiansyah, who was four years
old.

The coal train was coming from Tanjung Karang and heading for
Tanjung Enim. Wibisono, the spokesman for the local office of the
state-owned insurance company Jasa Raharja, told Antara his
office was preparing to present the insurance money to the
relatives of the victims. (swe)