Indonesia train crash kills dozens

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Officials say that at least 35 has been killed in a train crash near the Indonesian city of Pemalang in the Province of central java. Although almost all have now been regained but more than dozens were injured and many bodies were caught in the train carriages.
The crash happened before the sunrise when a train coming from the capital Jakarta and strike with a still train at Petarukan station.
The most promising reason for the strike was a signalling mistake, said by the officials.The train coming from the capital was going forward to Surabaya when it strike back another train which bound for Semerang and that was still at a platform at about 0300 on Saturday (2000 GMT Friday).
The officials said that the train from Jakarta was proceeding with high speed.
Most of the dead bodies and crushed people were in three carriages which were countermined and knocked over.Many people are with crushed bones or burn and atleast 40 people are wounded. All have been gained form the accidental place and now are being processed under treatment in hospital. The representer of national police Iskandar Hasan said that this ventured accident was caused by wrong traffic management system.
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