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At least 15 people have died after a train collision in Bekasi, near the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.The incident happened on Monday evening when a stationary passenger train was hit from behind by a long-distance commuter train running on the same track.The train's back carriage - which is reserved for female passengers - was badly struck, with local officials saying all of the victims were women, most of whom had been pinned inside by the crushed metal.A further 88 passengers were injured in the crash.The BBC's Jakarta correspondent, Liza Tambunan, reports from the scene.More on this story: Rescuers race to free survivors trapped inside train after fatal Indonesia crash

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTRescue teams searched for survivors overnight after two trains collided near Jakarta on Monday. The authorities said at least 84 people were injured.VideoRescue Efforts Underway After Deadly Indonesia Train CollisionA train collided with another train near Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday, killing 14 people, the authorities said. Rescue workers carried injured people out of damaged train cars.CreditCredit...Yasuyoshi Chiba/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesFrancesca RegaladoHasya Nindita and Rin HindryatiHasya Nindita reported from Jakarta, Indonesia, and Rin Hindryati from Bogor, Indonesia.April 28, 2026Two trains collided near the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more, the authorities said on Tuesday.The collision happened on Monday night after trains around Bekasi Timur Station were told to stop because a taxi was stuck on the tracks at a railroad crossing near the station.First a commuter train hit the taxi, according to the authorities. No one was hurt.But shortly afterward, an intercity train carrying 240 passengers on a different track failed to stop completely and crashed into another commuter train that had stopped at the station, said Franoto Wibowo, a spokesman for Indonesia’s state-owned railway operator.Footage of the crossing from Monday night showed the front of the first commuter train pressed up against the side of a taxi on the track. Images from the station showed rescue workers carrying injured people out of damaged cars of the second commuter train, passing stretchers through the windows.Rescue teams worked through the night, searching for survivors in the wreckage, said Mohammad Syafii, head of Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency. He said several people were freed. The collision injured at least 84 other people, according to the rescue agency.The 14 people who were killed in the collision were all on the commuter train, the authorities said.The intercity train was traveling from Jakarta to Surabaya, Indonesia’s…

1 hour agoTom McArthurandBBC Indonesian,JakartaWatch: Rescue workers attend to fatal train collision in IndonesiaRescuers are racing to try and free people trapped inside a train involved in a fatal collision outside the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday.At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured in the accident which took place when a stationary passenger train was hit from behind by a long-distance commuter train running on the same track. Local media ran footage of passengers on medical trolleys near Bekasi Timur Station, with other images showing rescuers trying to free people from the train wreckage.There are still victims who are alive "but they're pinned by train material", Mohammad Syafii, who leads Indonesia's search and rescue agency, told reporters early on Tuesday."There are some victims who are alive to this minute and we're hoping to extricate them," he said. "We need to involve personnel with certain skills to perform a measured extrication."Bobby Rasyidin, the president director of state-owned railway operator KAI, said on Tuesday that 84 people are being treated for their injuries in nearby hospitals.The accident involved one taxi and three commuter trains. It started at about 20:00 on Monday, when one of the commuter trains hit the taxi, which was lying across the middle of the rail crossing. A second train was forced to stop at the station because of this collision. Nearly an hour later, the third train, a long-distance commuter train, then crashed into a women-only carriage on the second train, while pulling into the station.Some people screamed "hysterically" as the trains collided, one passenger told the BBC's Indonesia service. Other eyewitnesses said they saw "many victims" injured in the crash.Kompas.com/NurpiniThe total number of injuries is still to be confirmed, according to officialsJakarta Police Chief Insp Gen Asep Edi Suheri said six or seven people remained…

Technicians work after a deadly collision between a commuter line train and a long-distance train, in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The death toll from ​a train collision near the ‌Indonesian capital Jakarta has risen ​to 14, with another ⁠84 injured, the train operator said on Tuesday (April 28, 2026), as rescuers worked ‌to extract survivors still trapped in the wreckage.The ⁠collision between a commuter train and a long-distance train happened late on Monday (April 27) in Bekasi, just outside ‌Jakarta. Mohammad Syafii, the head of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, told a press ‌conference early on Tuesday (April 28) that it ‌was ⁠a delicate process to get survivors out ⁠of the mangled carriages. Published - April 28, 2026 07:36 am IST

The death toll from a train collision near the Indonesian capital Jakarta has risen to 14 with another 84 injured, the train operator said on Tuesday, as rescuers worked to extract survivors still trapped in the wreckage.The collision between a commuter train and a long-distance train happened late on Monday in Bekasi, just outside Jakarta.Bobby Rasyidi, chief executive of Indonesia’s state railway firm PT KAI, said the death toll had risen to 14 and that evacuation work was still ongoing.Mohammad Syafii, the head of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, told a press conference early on Tuesday that it was a delicate process to rescue survivors from the mangled carriages.“We needed to involve personnel with certain skills to perform a measured extrication,” he said. “There are some victims who are alive to this minute and we’re hoping to extricate them, but they’re still pinned by the train material.”One survivor told of the moments after a long-distance train slammed into the stationary commuter train she was in, trapping people inside mangled carriages.“I thought I was going to die,” Sausan Sarifah, 29, said from her bed at the RSUD Bekasi hospital, where she was admitted with a broken arm and a deep cut to one thigh.Rescuers work to evacuate trapped passengers from the wreckage after the collision. Photograph: Mast Irham/EPAShe was on her way home from work, she said, when her train stopped at the Bekasi Timur station about 25km (15 miles) from Jakarta.“It all happened so fast, in a split second,” Sausan said.“There were two announcements from the commuter train. Everyone was ready to get off, and then suddenly there was the sound of the locomotive, really loud,” she said.“There was no time to get out, and everyone ended up piled up inside the train, crushed on top of one another. I…

The head of the national rescue agency says efforts continue to remove people trapped in wreckage.⁠Fourteen people have been confirmed killed and more than 80 injured in a collision involving two trains near the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with rescue workers continuing efforts to free passengers trapped in the wreckage.The crash late on Monday night occurred at Bekasi city’s rail station, adjoining Jakarta, between a commuter line train and a long-distance train, the spokesperson for the commuter line operator, Karina Amanda, told the Reuters news agency.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Two trains crash head-on in Denmarklist 2 of 4Three killed in fire at Indonesian government building blamed on protesterslist 3 of 4Death toll from Indonesia landslide exceeds 20, dozens remain missinglist 4 of 4Survivors of deadly Indonesia train crash pulled from wreckageend of list“Based on the latest data as of 08:45 WIB [Western Indonesian Time] (01:45 GMT), 14 people have been confirmed dead,” the state-owned KAI rail company said in a statement on Tuesday. Another 84 people have received hospital treatment, it added.Emergency workers are actively working at the scene to free people who remain trapped in the wreckage, said Mohammad Syafii, the head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS).Syafii said efforts to rescue those still trapped in the wreckage were complicated by the limited space in which rescuers were working and the severe damage to the train carriages, according to local news outlet Kompas.com.The wreckage after a deadly collision between a commuter line train and a long-distance train, in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 28, 2026 [Willy Kurniawan/Reuters]Emergency workers need to work “slowly” to cut away wreckage and free those trapped inside the mangled carriages, Syafii said, according to Kompas.com.Rescuers disengaged the trains and were using angle grinders to cut through…

Indonesia’s president ordered an investigation on Tuesday after a long-distance train smashed into a stationary commuter train overnight, killing 14 people and injuring dozens.Officials ended a nearly 12-hour rescue effort near Bekasi Timur station, east of the capital Jakarta, which saw crews prying open mangled carriages following the Monday night collision.“And this morning … it is all finished,” Mohammad Syafii, head of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), told a news conference on Tuesday. “I am certain there are no more victims to be found.”One survivor described the terror of being trapped inside a crushed carriage.“I thought I was going to die,” Sausan Sarifah, 29, said from her bed at the RSUD Bekasi hospital where she was admitted with a broken arm and a deep cut to one thigh.She was on her way home from work, she said, when her train stopped at the Bekasi Timur station some 25km (15 miles) from Jakarta.