JAKARTA
\nThe death toll from a train collision near the Indonesian capital Jakarta has risen to 14 with another 84 injured, the train operator said on Tuesday, as rescuers worked to extract survivors still trapped in the wreckage. The collision between a commuter train and a long-distance train happened late on Monday in Bekasi, just outside Jakarta. Bobby Rasyidi, chief executive of Indonesia\u2019s state railway firm PT KAI, said the death toll had risen to 14 and that evacuation work was still ongoing.
\nMohammad Syafii, the head of Indonesia\u2019s search and rescue agency, told a press conference early on Tuesday that it was a delicate process to rescue survivors from the mangled carriages. \u201cWe needed to involve personnel with certain skills to perform a measured extrication,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are some victims who are alive to this minute and we\u2019re hoping to extricate them, but they\u2019re still pinned by the train material.\u201d
\n-distance train, in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, April 28, 2026. \u2014 Reuters Rescuers have disengaged the trains, a Reuters witness said. They were seen using angle grinders to cut through the metal of the train compartments and reach the survivors. Bobby told the press conference that the commuter train first collided with a taxi on the tracks and was then hit by the long-distance train. A women-only carriage bore the brunt of the crash.
\nTaxi operator Green SM Indonesia said on Instagram that the taxi involved in the accident was part of its fleet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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