Train kills couple

Train kills couple

JAKARTA (JP): A man and a woman were killed by a speeding
train at a train crossing in Rawa Buaya, West Jakarta, Saturday
night.

The victims were identified as Edy Purnomo, 23, and Mariyani,
17. Both were Rawa Buaya residents.

Witnesses said the two were seen walking along the railway
tracks holding hands when the train was coming. People near them
shouted warnings but the couple apparently did not hear them.

The train, plying the Tangerang-Tanah Abang route, reportedly
blew its whistle to notify them as well, a police officer said.

"People said that it was their fate since it seemed that they
didn't care about the warnings and kept walking until the train
hit them," First Sgt. Aristyono of the local subprecinct said.

Both died instantly at the scene.

Their bodies were sent to the Cipto Mangunkusumo General
Hospital in Central Jakarta for a post mortem examination.

Mariyani's sister Tugirah, 32, said she was told about the
incident by officers of the Cengkareng Police Subprecinct.

Mariyani was an administrative assistant at PT Indomesin on
Jl. Daan Mogot. Edy worked on temporary jobs.

Tugirah said Mariyani had migrated from Lampung a year ago,
soon after she graduated from junior high school.

"We never knew that she had a boyfriend here. She never told
us before," Tugirah said.

Mariyani left her boarding house at about 6 p.m. and told her
friends that she would buy food to break her fast.

"But she never came back again," Tugirah said, adding that her
relatives in Jakarta would find it difficult to tell their
parents about Mariyani's death.

Tugirah planned to send her sister's body to Lampung to be
buried. (04)