Up To 33 Killed In Indonesia Train Crash: Police

Up To 33 Killed In Indonesia Train Crash: Police: latest about news update Dozens of people were killed or badly injured when two trains collided in Indonesia’s central Java province early on Saturday morning, officials said.

Local television showed several carriages had overturned or were badly mangled. Rescue and transport ministry officials put the death toll at around 22 to 23 with many more injured, while local news agency Antara said 33 people had been killed in the crash.

The accident happened about 0245 am local time (1945 GMT Friday) in Petarukan train station, Pemalang, on the north coast of central Java.

Hengky Susilo Hadi, head of a local search and rescue unit, said  that 22 people had died, and 19 others were badly injured.

“It is possible there are additional victims,” still trapped inside the wreckage, he said.

Sugeng Priyono, spokesman for the national railway said that the Argo Bromo Anggrek train was travelling from Jakarta to the East Java provincial capital city of Surabaya, when it ploughed into the stationary Senja Utama train before dawn.