Mon, 16 Mar 1998

Trains crush three to death

JAKARTA (JP): Three people were crushed to death by two trains traveling in opposite directions in Cikarang Kota, Bekasi, Friday.

The victims were identified as Alinuddin Harahap, 22, Hasannul Arifin, 24, and Salman Harahap, 25.

The three died of severe head, abdomen and leg injuries.

The three possibly panicked when they became trapped in the narrow space between the two passing trains.

One of the trains was the Jayabaya train, plying the Jakarta- Surabaya route. The other train was not identified. (emf)