Train kills homeless woman

JAKARTA (JP): A homeless 35-year-old woman was killed by a train in Klender, East Jakarta, at about 7 a.m. yesterday, police and eyewitnesses said.

A police officer from Duren Sawit Police post said Paini sustained severe head injuries and died on impact.

Paini was crossing the railway tracks after bathing in a pond, oblivious to a passing train on its way from Cirebon in West Java to Jakarta, an eyewitness, Dody, said.

"The victim had finished bathing in a nearby pond," he said. "When she crossed the tracks, she seemed unaware of a fast train coming from the east."

The accident triggered a brief traffic jam on nearby Jl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai. (pan)