36 People were killed in Train Crash
At least 36 people were killed more than 70 people sustained serious injuries last Saturday
when a passenger train slammed into the back of another train in Indonesia, as rescuers freed
dozens more from the wreckage, an official said. Police said human error was to blame for the
accident, which happened before dawn at a station Pemalang although the official cause was
still under investigation.
Officers at scene said a train headed to the station smashed into the rear carriages of Semalang-bound
locomotive that was waiting at the platform. Ten hours after the accident the death toll still being updated,
amid media reports that rescuers arrive late and lacked proper equipment to free passengers
trapped in the wreckage.
Many of dead and injured were trapped in three carriages, which had derailed and flipped over, officials said.
A man living beside the station said the noise of the collision woke him from his sleep. Then he heard people
wailing. A passenger on the stationary train said he was asleep when he felt a powerful thump and fled the
carriage. A survivor from the other train said he was "very traumatized". "I don't want to ride in trains anymore,"
he was quoted as saying by Detik news.
