The accident occurred between the Malioboro Express train of the Purwokerto-Malang connection with seven two-wheeled motorized vehicles at JPL No. 08 (KM 176+586) Emplases Magetan, Mangge Village, West District, Magetan, East Java.
"At 12.49 WIB, the KA Operations Control Center (Pusdalopka) received information from the Malioboro Express train driver that it had been thermotor at the crossing," said Public Relations Manager of Daop 7 Madiun Rokhmad Makin Zainul as reported by ANTARA, Monday, May 19.
Based on information in the field, the incident involved two trains, namely the Malioboro Express train and the Matarumaja train as well as seven vehicles that were passing at the official crossing that was guarded.
The incident began when the Matarmaja train passed first at the JPL 08 crossing. After the train passed, the crossing gate was opened. However, from the opposite direction, the 170 Malioboro Express train on the Purwokerto 'Malang connection turned out to be crossing the crossing at almost the same time.
When the doorstop opened, a number of motorbikes began to pass and at the same time the Malioboro Express train drove and hit about seven vehicles that were about to walk and were already on the rail.
As a result, some of the motorbikes were crushed due to a hard impact from the train and a number of people were known to have been injured, and four people were even reported to have died.
"Currently, KAI and related parties are conducting an investigation to obtain a complete picture of the chronology of the incident on JPL 08 and find out whether there are victims," he said.
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Joint officers assisted by residents evacuated the victims around the rail to be taken to the nearest hospital.
Magetan Police officers also immediately secured the scene for further crime scene processing.
Now, the authorities are still investigating the exact cause of the accident by asking for information from a number of witnesses.
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