AT LEAST SEVEN KILLED AS TRAIN HITS BUS IN JAKARTA

A TRAIN TRAVELLING FROM JAKARTA TO BOGOR CITY HIT
A BUS TUESDAY, KILLING AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE AND INJURING FIVE, AN
OFFICIAL SAID ACCORDING TO DPA.
THE TRAIN COLLIDED WITH THE BUS AT AROUND 3 P.M. IN SOUTH JAKARTA
AFTER THE BUS FAILED TO STOP AT A LEVEL CROSSING.
"THE BUS JUST WENT ONTO THE TRAIN TRACK ALTHOUGH THE GATE WAS
ALREADY CLOSED," SAID AHMAD SUJADI, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRAIN
COMPANY. "IT VIOLATED THE WARNING."
TELEVISION IMAGES SHOWED THE MANGLED FRAME OF THE BUS, AS WELL AS
THE BUS ENGINE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE VEHICLE STREWN AROUND THE
RAILROAD TRACKS.
BODY PARTS COULD ALSO BE SEEN AMONG THE WRECKAGE AFTER THE
ACCIDENT, ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL NEWS SERVICE DETIK.COM.
THE WOUNDED, INCLUDING THE BUS DRIVER WHO WAS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION, WERE BROUGHT TO TWO MAIN HOSPITALS IN JAKARTA FOR
TREATMENT. NO ONE ON THE TRAIN WAS INJURED.
THE COLLISION WAS THE SECOND IN FOUR DAYS INVOLVING TRAINS IN
INDONESIA. ON SATURDAY, TWO PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDED ON THE ISLAND
OF JAVA, KILLING AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE AND INJURING 31.