Trains Collide on Indonesia's Java Island Killing at Least Three People
Rescuers inspect the wreckage of trains after a collision in Cicalengka, West Java, on Jan. 5.
Photographer: Abdan Syakura/AP Photo
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BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Two trains collided on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, causing carriages to buckle and overturn and killing at least four people, officials said.
The accident happened about 500 meters (yards) from Cicalengka train station in West Java province, said Ayep Hanapi, a spokesperson for PT Kereta Api Indonesia, the national railways.