Three crushed to death by train

Three crushed to death by train

JAKARTA (JP): A man, his wife and their 15-year-old daughter
were crushed by an Argo Bromo express train after they
disembarked from their train on the wrong side of the tracks at
the Pondok Kopi station in East Jakarta on Wednesday night.

The couple's 13-year-old and 11-year-old sons, who also were
present, survived the accident but one of them suffered serious
injuries.

Suminto, a staff member at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital
in Central Jakarta, identified the three victims killed in the
accident as 40-year-old Cakra, his wife Darikem, 35, and their
daughter Taryani.

"Their son Sukiman, 13, lost both of his arms and is currently
under heavy sedation here, while his younger brother Iwan
suffered no injuries at all," Suminto said.

A eyewitness, Sgt. Maj. M. Nurdin, said on Thursday the family
was seen getting off the train from Purwakarta, West Java, at
around 10:30 p.m.

"Iwan told me that they had just come from Subang, West Java.
When the family got off the train on the wrong side, Darikem was
helping Iwan up onto a coupling on our train when the Argo Bromo
train passed and hit the rest of the family," Nurdin said.

Cakra, his wife and their daughter suffered severe injuries
and died instantly.

Before being sedated, Sukiman asked in a barely audible voice
the fate of his parents.

Iwan was picked up at the hospital by a relative who did not
wish to be identified. Before his relative arrived, the boy said
his father used to earn about Rp 200,000 a month.

"I don't know what will happen to me now," he said.

A staff member at the hospital said if anyone wished to adopt
Iwan they should contact the hospital. (ylt)