BANDUNG WESTKOMPAS.com – An accident involving a technical train and a high speed train locomotive occurred in Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Train (KCJB) project in Cempaka village, Campakamekar village, Kabupaten Western Bandung (KBB), West Java, Sunday (12/18/2022) afternoon.
From the on-site monitoring, it can be seen that the yellow technical material transport train and the green locomotive of the high-speed train are still lying in place and have not been evacuated.
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The area where the crime occurred (TKP) has now been cordoned off by a police line.
While some of the victims were rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.
According to Ani (55), an eyewitness at the scene, the accident started when a green locomotive of the fast train was speeding from Padalarang to Jakarta on Sunday (18/12/2022) at around 4pm WIB.
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“Meanwhile, the railway facility has just arrived here. The train (locomotive) from the direction of Padalarang went off the track,” Ani said when she met her at the scene.
The locomotive which went off the track about 200 meters from the end of the track then struck a yellow technical train which was off the railroad tracks.
“After going off the track it kept crashing into the yellow heavy equipment (technical train). After that it was obscured by dust until it became invisible,” said Ani.
As for the number of victims due to the accident, Ani said she did not know.
He only knew that there were several victims being wheeled in front of his house after the crash.
Meanwhile, the police are still investigating this fatal accident. Currently, the police are conducting TKP investigations to trace the actual history of the incident.
“The incident (accident) this afternoon. We have secured the TKP. The location is in Padalarang, West Bandung,” West Java Regional Police Criminal Investigation Director Kombes Pol K Yani Sudarto said when he met on the place, sunday.
According to him, the incident also resulted in the collision of a number of workers who were carrying out activities at the scene of the accident. However, police are still collecting data on the number of victims killed and injured in this deadly crash.
“There are (dead) victims, but the exact number is still being identified. There are also injured victims. They have currently been taken to Santosa hospital,” he said.
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