Train connection back to normal

Train connection back to normal

MUARAENIM, South Sumatra: Railroad transportation connecting Palembang and Lubuklinggau has returned to normal after a train crash which killed five passengers and injured eight others over the weekend temporarily closed the line.

Hundred of railroad employees lifted wrecked railway cars from the track on Sunday evening, using equipment from the Bandar Lampung railroad storehouse.

"All trains can now pass the location normally," the head of the railroad station of Muaraenim, Zakaria, said as quoted by Antara news agency.

He remained silent, when asked to state the cause of the crash.

The injured have been treated at the Muaraenim state-owned hospital and those killed have been buried by their families. (16)