Jakarta: Two trains collided near Jakarta at night. Seven people lost their lives, 81 were injured, and some people were still trapped under the debris. The rescue teams have been working with full gravity since Tuesday morning.
How did this wrecking happen?
A passenger train was stopped at Bekasi Timur station, 25 kilometers from Jakarta. Actually, a taxi had collided with it at the level crossing due to which it stood on the track. Just then a long-distance train came from overdue and collided with its last compartment. That last compartment was only for women and the most forfeiture occurred there.
What did the people sitting in the train see at that time?
29-year-old Sausan Sarifa was returning home from work on the same train. She is currently admitted to Bekasi Hospital with a wrenched arm and a deep thigh injury. She said that there was an utterance on the train, people got ready to get down, then suddenly there was a loud sound of the engine and everyone fell on each other. She said that she thought she would not survive now. Plane today they don't know what happened to the people veiled below.
What were the circumstances on the spot?
There was well-constructed unconnectedness at the station. There was a long queue of ambulances, rescue workers were asking for oxygen cylinders and hundreds of people were standing nervously outside. The injured were stuff lifted on stretchers and put in ambulances. There was such a prod in the hospital that when 39-year-old Ava came to see her sister-in-law Fira, the doctor told her to be patient, the condition of many people is plane increasingly serious.
How far did the rescue work reach?
The army, fire department, Red Cross and National Rescue Agency are all working together. Trapped people are stuff rescued by wearing the coaches with heavy equipment. KAI spokesperson said that two people are still trapped working in the trash and all efforts are underway to rescue them. About 240 passengers of the second train have been evacuated safely.
Has such an wrecking happened before?
Also in January 2024, four people lost their lives in a train wrecking in West Java, Indonesia. But this wrecking is much worthier than that. Once then the question is stuff raised: how does such a big lapse in railway safety happen and why do innocent people have to pay the price for it?
