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Train slams into truck, killing 5 in Jakarta
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A commuter train hit a truck hauling gasoline in Indonesia’s capital yesterday, killing five people and sending a fireball of orange flames and black smoke shooting skyward.
The accident in southern Jakarta killed the train engineer, his assistant, a technician and two female passengers, said Jakarta Deputy Police Chief Brigadier General Sujarno, who revised the death toll down by two, explaining that police earlier thought the truck driver and his assistant had also died. They were instead among nearly 100 people injured, he said.
Sujarno said the fuel tanker truck was stopped on the tracks at a crossing and could not move forward because of backed-up traffic.
“A fuel truck ran onto the railroad tracks and the (train’s) brakes could not stop it from hitting the truck. It exploded and bounced off,” said Imron, a passenger who escaped from the train. “It happened so fast!”
A burned-out passenger car was seen lying on its side as plumes of black smoke billowed from parts of the engulfed train. It was headed to central Jakarta when it hit the truck carrying 24,000 liters of gasoline.
About 500 passengers were on the train and all train signals were working at the time of the crash, said train company spokesman Sukendar Mulya.
Two train cars derailed, including a female-only carriage, and hundreds of panicked passengers ran away. Rescuers pulled out three bodies pinned under the wreckage, said Sukarno, a firefighter.
The cause of the accident is being investigated.
“My position was near the door, but I could not move because I was ... trampled by other passengers,” a commuter identified as Veronica told MetroTV. “We managed to escape after people from outside broke the windows.”
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