2 killed after hit by train in Indonesia's West Java

JAKARTA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) — Two people died and one was seriously injured after being hit by a train in Cirebon Regency in West Java province on Sunday.

A spokesperson for PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) Regional Operations III Cirebon, Ayep Hanapi, said that the three of them, including a 7-year-old child, on a motorbike traveled the level crossing when the train from Jakarta’s Gambir to Cirebon passed at 11:23 a.m. local time.

“They crossed when the warning siren was still sounding,” said Hanapi, citing witnesses.

All three have been taken to a nearby medical center.

Indonesia recorded five cases of accidents at railway level crossings this year, eight last year and nine in 2020.