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Commuter Train Collision at Bekasi Timur Station in Indonesia Leaves Several Dead

Two workers escape as long-distance train from Jakarta to Surabaya collides with commuter train; separate incident involves another commuter train hitting electric taxi

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A collision between a commuter train and a long-distance train occurred at Bekasi Timur station in Indonesia, resulting in multiple deaths.
Two workers from the Indonesian Workers' Federation escaped by jumping from the carriage.
A separate incident involved another commuter train hitting an electric taxi stuck on the tracks.

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Train accidents in Indonesia have raised concerns about railway safety standards in the country. The incident involves multiple trains and highlights potential communication failures in the rail system.

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Susanto, the head of the Indonesian Workers' Federation, and his colleague, Aksan, were in the third carriage of a commuter train crammed with workers going home at around 9pm when it stopped to let passengers alight at Bekasi Timur station. The two men had hoped to rest before they reached their final stop, but instead, they found themselves staring in horror as a long-distance train travelling from Jakarta to the city of Surabaya hurtled towards them, furiously sounding its horn and flashing its lights. "The commuter train I was on had been about to leave the station and the doors closed, but then it suddenly stopped and the doors opened again," Aksan said. "I was standing next to them when I saw the high-speed train coming towards me. It was just a reflex. I jumped out of the door and landed on the platform," he added. What Aksan did not know at the time was that another commuter train, travelling in the opposite direction from Cikarang to Jakarta, had hit an electric taxi that had become stuck on the tracks.