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Train Collision Near Jakarta Kills 14 and Injures 84 in Indonesia
A long-distance train crashed into a stationary commuter train at Bekasi Timur Station outside Jakarta on April 27, 2026, killing 14 people and injuring 84. Rescue efforts continued into the next day to free trapped passengers. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto ordered an investigation and visited injured victims.
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Two trains collided near Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 27, 2026, killing at least 14 people and injuring 84 others. The collision occurred at Bekasi Timur Station in Bekasi, just outside the capital, when an intercity train traveling from Jakarta to Surabaya smashed into a stopped commuter train.
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Local time when a taxi became stuck on the tracks at a railroad crossing near the station. Trains in the area were instructed to stop. A commuter train hit the taxi, but no one was injured in that initial impact.
Shortly afterward, the Argo Bromo Anggrek long-distance train, carrying 240 passengers, failed to stop completely on a different track and crashed into another commuter train that had halted at the station. The intercity train struck the rear car of the commuter train. All fatalities were on the commuter train, according to authorities.
Footage from Monday night showed the front of the first commuter train pressed up against the side of the taxi on the track. Images from the station depicted rescue workers carrying injured people out of damaged cars, passing stretchers through the windows.
Rescue teams worked through the night searching for survivors in the wreckage, said Mohammad Syafii, head of Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency.
He stated that several people were freed from the wreckage. Efforts continued to free two trapped passengers in the wreckage, with crews prying open mangled carriages. Mohammad Syafii described the process as delicate, noting that personnel with specific skills were needed for measured extrication.
Jakarta Police Chief Asep Edi Suheri said six or seven people remained trapped inside the carriages. Rescue teams worked to reach five passengers trapped in the damaged commuter train car. All 240 passengers on the Argo Bromo Anggrek train were safe, officials said.
