A deadly train collision occurred late Monday outside the Indonesian capital Jakarta, killing at least 14 people, the state-owned KAI rail company said Tuesday.
It said another 84 people received hospital treatment.
What do we know about the accident?
A long-distance train collided with the rear car of a stopped commuter train at Bekasi Timur station outside Jakarta. The car was designated for women only, a common measure taken to prevent harassment.
According to KAI spokesperson Anne Purba, all the victims were on a commuter train.
All 240 passengers aboard the Argo Bromo Angrek long-distance train were evacuated safely, officials said.
Rescue operation continues
The Jakarta Search and Rescue Agency said in a statement that the collision “caused significant damage to several train carriages.”
It said that due to the force of the collision, many people got trapped in the coaches. Rescue workers were working to reach them but most had been released by Tuesday morning.
Mohammad Syafi, head of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, told reporters that rescuing survivors from the damaged vehicles was a delicate process.
“We need to involve personnel with certain skills to carry out the removal in a measured manner,” he said. “There are some victims who are alive up to this moment and we are hoping to extract them, but they are still trapped by the train material.”
Rescue workers have removed the trains, a Reuters witness said.
Jakarta police chief Asep Edi Suheri told reporters at the scene that police were investigating the cause of the accident.
Accidents are common on Indonesia’s aging rail network. In January 2024, two trains collided in West Java, killing at least four people.
Edited by: Dmytro Lyubenko