Mon, 10 Mar 2003

Student electrocuted on train roof

JAKARTA: A junior high school student, identified as Kiki Rizki Fauzi, was killed after being electrocuted on the roof of an electric train at Jayakarta train station here on Saturday afternoon.

Hadi, a passenger who witnessed the incident, told El Shinta Radio that Kiki, a student at Yapta junior high school, together with his two friends, were walking on the roof of the train and was apparently unaware of the high voltage cable as he grabbed it to steady himself.

Kiki and his friends were taken to a nearby hospital. His two friends survived. --JP