The Body Of An Elderly Woman Was Found On The Edge Of The Banyuwangi Railway, Allegedly Hit By A Train

BANYUWANGI - Residents of Singojuruh Village, Banyuwangi, East Java, were shocked by the discovery of the body of an elderly woman beside the train tracks. It is suspected that the woman was hit by a train.

Public Relations Officer of PT KAI Daop 9 Jember Tohari said officers initially had difficulty knowing the identity of the victim. Because the victim does not have an identity.

However, it was finally revealed that the body was a woman with the initials RL (60), a resident of Rukem Hamlet, Kemiri Village, Singojuruh District.

"The first to find it was our KPJ officer yesterday at around 20.45 WIB. Then the finding was reported to the station, then we reported the finding to the police," said Tohari, Friday, December 24.

Until this afternoon, according to Tohari, there had been no reports from train drivers who reported accidents at railroad crossings.

"It is suspected that the victim was killed by a train. Judging from his injuries, it doesn't make sense if he was hit from the front of the locomotive. This is still only a temporary assumption. We have not received the report, so we cannot confirm the chronology of the victim's death," said Tohari.

Meanwhile, the Singojuruh Police Chief, Iptu Abdul Rohman, said that the residents around Singojuruh Station did not know about the death of the victim. Because at the time of the incident the victim did not carry an identity.

Information regarding the identity of the victim was revealed after a video of the discovery of the body on the edge of the rail was widely circulated on social media.

"The victim's body was found not far from Singojuruh Station. With injuries to the head and legs. It is estimated that the victim died since the afternoon, because his condition was stiff. We took the body to the Genteng Hospital," he said.