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Fri, 10/03/2008 - 09:00
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TRAIN RAMS INTO CAR IN KLATEN, FOUR KILLED
Klaten, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Five people were killed and two others injured when a 'Pramek" train rammed into a Toyota 'Avanza' van at a railway crossing in Ketandan village, Klaten district, Central Java, on Thursday.
Information obtained from the site of accident said the three dead victims were identified as Nunung (35), Rizal (6), Asyifa, Faisal (1.5) and Sabrina (10, while the injured were Haryadi Heru (38) and Neneng (35).
They were all residents of Sindangkarsa Cimanggis, Depok, West Java.
According to Suprihatin, an eyewitness, the Pramek train serving Yogyakarta-Solo route hit the van at about 12:10 local time.
The accident happened when the Avanza van carrying seven people was about to cross the railway crossing which was not provided with any gate. But all of a sudden, the train bound to Solo came up, so that the accident was unavoidable.
The local residents witnessing the accident screamed when the train rammed the ill-fated Avanza.
Three of the Avanza passengers - Nunung, Rizal and Asyifa - were killed on the spot while Faizal and Sabrina died at the Islamic hospital of Klaten.
Klaten district police chief Adjunct Commissioner Rikwanto confirmed the accident and the car of the victim was already moved to the Klaten police post.
Information obtained from the site of accident said the three dead victims were identified as Nunung (35), Rizal (6), Asyifa, Faisal (1.5) and Sabrina (10, while the injured were Haryadi Heru (38) and Neneng (35).
They were all residents of Sindangkarsa Cimanggis, Depok, West Java.
According to Suprihatin, an eyewitness, the Pramek train serving Yogyakarta-Solo route hit the van at about 12:10 local time.
The accident happened when the Avanza van carrying seven people was about to cross the railway crossing which was not provided with any gate. But all of a sudden, the train bound to Solo came up, so that the accident was unavoidable.
The local residents witnessing the accident screamed when the train rammed the ill-fated Avanza.
Three of the Avanza passengers - Nunung, Rizal and Asyifa - were killed on the spot while Faizal and Sabrina died at the Islamic hospital of Klaten.
Klaten district police chief Adjunct Commissioner Rikwanto confirmed the accident and the car of the victim was already moved to the Klaten police post.
