JAKARTA - A commuter train
banged into a passenger minibus Sunday at a railroad crossing in Indonesia's
capital, killing at least 18 people and seriously injuring six others.
The
bus driver apparently ignored the warning signals when he crossed the rail
tracks and was struck by the train in western Jakarta, said Wirdhanto, the
police chief in the neighborhood of Tambora. Like many Indonesians, Wirdhanto
uses only one name. All of those who were killed were traveling in the minibus.
No one aboard the train was injured.
The crushed bus was seen
lying on the tracks after it was pulled by the train up to a nearby platform,
about 300 meters (yards) from the accident site.Thirteen minibus passengers
died instantly, while another died on the way to a hospital, Wirdhanto said.
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