11 killed in train-minibus collision in Indonesia's East Java


  • World
  • Monday, 20 Nov 2023

JAKARTA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- A train hit a minibus in Lumajang regency of Indonesia's East Java province on Sunday evening, leaving 11 people dead and three others injured, a rescuer said.

The accident occurred when a minibus passed through a railway crossing which has no train-crossing barrier in Ranupakis village at 19:53 local time, but suddenly a train came and hit the minibus, said Muhammad Hariyadi, head of the provincial search and rescue office.

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