PASSENGERS TRAPPED
Jakarta police chief Asep Edi Suheri said the long-distance train had crashed into the last, women-only, carriage of the commuter train.
All the victims were in the commuter train, and all 240-odd passengers on the other train had been evacuated safely, according to Purba.
The collision caused “significant damage to several train carriages”, the Jakarta search and rescue agency said in a statement.
“The incident caused a number of passengers to suffer injuries, and several victims were reported to be trapped inside the carriages due to the force of the impact,” it added.
The agency said rescuers were “carrying out the evacuation process for the trapped victims using extrication equipment to free them from the wrecked train structures”.
