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Position of Green SM Taxi at the Start of Bekasi Train Accident Sequence

| | Source: KOMPAS Translated from Indonesian | Infrastructure
Position of Green SM Taxi at the Start of Bekasi Train Accident Sequence
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The position of the Green SM taxi in the sequence of accidents between the KRL and KA Argo Bromo Anggrek at Bekasi Timur Station on Monday night (27/4/2026) is beginning to be mapped out. The vehicle was at the start of the incident on the tracks, before the collision between the two trains on the station platform. KAI Commuter has confirmed that there were two separate incidents occurring close in time on the same route, namely the Cikarang line. “So there are two different incidents. There was a situation where our KRL hit a four-wheeled vehicle at the crossing,” said VP Corporate Secretary of KAI Commuter, Karina Amanda, on Tuesday (28/4/2026). Meanwhile, the second incident was a collision between another KRL set heading to Jakarta-Cikarang and the KA Argo Bromo Anggrek at Bekasi Timur Station. According to Karina, the incident at the crossing was handled first before the major accident occurred behind it. “That was in front of it. The handling was done first,” she said. Suspected to Have Broken Down in the Middle of the Tracks Meanwhile, Askhin Burhan, a crossing volunteer, said the incident occurred when the road was not too busy. He mentioned that the gate was actually closed before the train passed. According to him, the taxi driver got out of the vehicle before the collision happened. In that disrupted journey condition, one KRL set then stopped at Bekasi Timur Station. In that stopped condition, the KA Argo Bromo Anggrek speeding from behind then rammed the KRL set. “It was hit from behind, the long-distance train’s driver’s carriage penetrated the carriage,” said Munir, one of the KRL passengers.

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