Train derails in Tugu

Mon, 17 Apr 2000, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

YOGYAKARTA: At least six of the 12 railways cars of Argowilis
express train derailed just minutes after it left Tugu Station
here on Sunday on its way to Jakarta.

A few of the 450 passengers on board suffered slight injuries
in the accident, which occurred around 9 a.m.

The train was plying the Surakarta-Jakarta route with a stop
in Yogyakarta.

Purnomo, an official of state PT Kereta Api Indonesia, said
the cause of the accident was a wooden sleeper that had rotted.

By noon, engineers had fixed the tracks and train schedules
resumed to normal. (44)

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