2 Victims Trapped In Carriages Are Turangga Train Crews, Evacuation Efforts Are Still Being Made

Train Collision (DOC ANTARA)

Head of the Bandung SAR Office, Hery Marantika, said that there were two victims who had not been evacuated from the location of the Bandung Raya Commuter Line local train collision with the Turangga train. One was in a carriage that overturned and the other was in a pinched position. "There were two victims who were still trapped inside, we saw that there was a carriage overturned. Now there is still one victim and this eastern carriage has one victim caught between the carriages," said Hery as quoted by Kompas TV, Friday, December 5. So far, only conveyed if there will be two evacuation process methods carried out. First, the joint SAR team will withdraw or lift the carriage. Thus, it will facilitate the evacuation process. However, if this method finds difficulties and takes time, continued Hery, another method is to cut the carriage. "We will propose to work on two methods, firstly, if we can pull the carriage or lift it if it is felt for a long time and it is difficult, we will try to cut it with the body of this carriage," said Hery. Meanwhile, according to the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy, the two victims trapped in the carriage were Turangga train crews. "So two people died. Until now and there are still 2 people trapped in the carriage. We cannot confirm (the condition of the victim trapped). The victim (trapped) is a Turangga train crew," said Muhadjir at the location of the case.

The Turangga train accident occurred at KM 181+5/4 Babakan Village, Cicalengka Village, Bandung Regency at around 06.03 WIB. Three people died in this incident, namely the local KRD driver Padalarang-Cicalengka, Julian Dwi Setiono, Assistant Driver of the KRD Local Ponisan and Pramugara KA Turangga named Adrian. The Head of Public Relations of the West Java Police, Kombes Ibrahim Tompo, said that there were 28 other people who were also injured in the accident. Currently, they have been taken to a nearby hospital for medical treatment. "It was evacuated to the Cicalengka Hospital," said Tompo.