JAKARTA, Dec 12 (NNN-ANTARA) – Two people died and one was seriously injured, after being hit by a train in Cirebon Regency in West Java province, yesterday.
A spokesperson for PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), Regional Operations III Cirebon, Ayep Hanapi, said that, the three of them, including a seven-year-old child, on a motorbike, travelled the level crossing, when the train from Jakarta’s Gambir to Cirebon passed at 11:23 a.m. local time.
“They crossed the tracks when the warning siren was still sounding,” said Hanapi, citing witnesses.
All three have been taken to a nearby medical centre.
Indonesia recorded five cases of accidents at railway level crossings this year, eight last year and nine in 2020.– NNN-ANTARA
