Iron Blocks Evacuation Of 2 Victims Trapped In Turangga-KA Bandung Raya Train Collision, Behind Carriage Will Be Withdrawn

A railroad collision occurred between the Turangga train, the Surabaya Gubeng-Bandung and the Greater Bandung Commuterline, at Km 181+700 plots of road between Haurpugur Station-Cicalengka Station on Friday at 06.03 WIB. BETWEENA/Rubby Jovan

JAKARTA - The joint team had difficulty evacuating the victim who was caught in a Turangga train collision with the Bandung Raya train. The team decided to pull the rear carriage first to open the evacuation room for the victim to be pinched.

"So after the incident, personnel from various agencies were taken to the TKP. From observations there were several (pola) evacuations. At the beginning of the evacuation, minor injuries were carried out, some also died," said Head of Public Relations of the West Java Police Kombes Ibrahim Tompo in an interview with Kompas TV, Friday, December 5.

The last condition was that there were w victims who had not been able to evacuate because they were blocked by objects or bodies from the train.

One of the obstacles could not be penetrated into the room because the iron that closed was quite thick. The evacuation was carried out by the withdrawal of the carriages in the back lane, after the withdrawal only opened up space to take the victim dead, "continued Ibrahim.

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.

Meanwhile, 28 victims were injured as a result of the Turangga train collision with the Bandung Raya local train were taken to the Cicalengka Hospital.