Woman killed by train

JAKARTA (JP): A 30-year-old housewife was killed yesterday in East Jakarta when she was hit by a train plying the Jatinegara- Bekasi route, her husband said.

Endang Abidin said that his wife, Esih, had not apparently noticed the oncoming train as she climbed through a broken fence and crossed the railway tracks on Jl. Kayu Manis I at 9 a.m.

He said nobody heard her cry out or scream, but they found her mutilated body after the train had passed.

"The witnesses saw her walking toward the tracks, but they thought that she had waited until the train had passed," he said.

Endang, a private company employee residing on Jl. Pembina I, Matraman in East Jakarta, said Esih had been going to have a medical check-up at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital because she was suffering from stomach pains.

"But she changed her mind and went to the nearby clinic instead," he said. (04)