Rescuers finished removing victims from a damaged commuter train car on Tuesday, confirming the crash outside Indonesia’s capital killed 14 people.
The crash took place on Monday when a long-distance train crashed into the rear car of the stopped commuter train at the Bekasi Timur station outside Jakarta. The car was designated “women only”, a common accommodation to stop harassment.
A total of 84 injured people were taken to hospitals for treatment, Bobby Rasyidin, CEO of state-owned railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia, said.
The bodies of the victims were taken to a hospital for further identification.
Rescue teams completed the evacuation of all victims from inside the wreckage about midmorning.
“There are no further casualties,” Mohammad Syafii, head of the National Search and Rescue Agency, said.
All 240 passengers on the Argo Bromo Anggrek long-distance train were safe, officials said.
An investigation into the crash was underway, Jakarta police chief Asep Edi Suheri told reporters.
Local television footage and videos on social media showed passengers at the station panicking. First responders and residents tried to evacuate passengers from train cars, while dozens of people rushed to the station for news of family members.
The vice president for corporate communications of the railway company issued an apology to customers.
“At this time, all efforts are focused on evacuating passengers and crew, as well as assisting victims at the scene, with safety as the top priority,” Anne Purba said in a statement.
The official said commuter rail service in the area was disrupted.
Accidents are common on Indonesia’s aging railroad network. In January 2024, two trains collided in West Java province, killing at least four people,
In October 2013, a passenger train slammed into a minibus at an unguarded crossing in West Java, killing 13 people.
A train from Jakarta, in 2010 ploughed into the rear of a train that was sitting at a station in Central Java province, killing 36.
