Rail crash engineer arrested
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October 4, 2010, Monday
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Police yesterday arrested the engineer of a train that plowed into another at a station in central Indonesia, killing 36 people, and accused him of negligence, an official said.
"He was named a suspect this afternoon and officially arrested," said Colonel Djoko Erwanto, spokesman for Central Java police.
Halik Rudianto was driving a first-class train as it crashed early on Saturday into an economy-class train stopped at a station in Petarukan, in Central Java province, knocking several carriages off the track.
Transport Minister Freddy Numberi said the engineer had failed to stop at a red signal, Kompas newspaper reported on its website.
"The accident was caused by the engineer's negligence," it quoted Numberi as saying.
If found guilty of negligence leading to deaths, the engineer could face more than six years in jail.
The pre-dawn accident occurred as many passengers were sleeping.
More than 40 people were injured, some sustaining severe injuries
"He was named a suspect this afternoon and officially arrested," said Colonel Djoko Erwanto, spokesman for Central Java police.
Halik Rudianto was driving a first-class train as it crashed early on Saturday into an economy-class train stopped at a station in Petarukan, in Central Java province, knocking several carriages off the track.
Transport Minister Freddy Numberi said the engineer had failed to stop at a red signal, Kompas newspaper reported on its website.
"The accident was caused by the engineer's negligence," it quoted Numberi as saying.
If found guilty of negligence leading to deaths, the engineer could face more than six years in jail.
The pre-dawn accident occurred as many passengers were sleeping.
More than 40 people were injured, some sustaining severe injuries
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