Train collision kills one

BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: Two trains collided head-on Friday in Sulusuhan, Central Lampung, killing one of the locomotive engineers and injuring six passengers.

Antara reported that the trains, a passenger train coming from Bandar Lampung and a coal train coming from Tanjung Enim, South Sumatra to Bandar Lampung, could not avoid the collision because they sighted each only after it was too late.

Sukirno, the engineer on the coal train, was killed instantly. Passengers were taken to Abdul Muluk Hospital in Bandar Lampung. (prb)