Train derails in W. Java

Train derails in W. Java

PURWAKARTA, West Java: The Parahyangan train bound for Bandung
from Jakarta derailed in the village of Cijantung, Sukatani
district, Purwakarta, West Java on Sunday evening. No fatalities
were reported, but several trains bound for Bandung, Central and
East Java were behind schedule.

The office of the state railway company PT KAI in Bandung
confirmed the accident on Monday, saying that an investigation
was underway to find out what caused the locomotive and the
generator coach to derail.

"We have yet to draw a conclusion on the accident," an
official said. He confirmed that they had shifted the locomotive
on Sunday night.

The official said that the train was running at about 60
kilometers per hour. The cars went off the track about ten meters
after Cinangka bridge, several kilometers away from the
Purwakarta railway station. -- Antara