Five killed in train crash near Indonesia’s Jakarta; rescue efforts ongoing

News|TransportDeath toll after train crash near Indonesia’s Jakarta rises to 14The head of the national rescue agency says efforts continue to remove people trapped in wreckage.ListenListen (3 mins)SaveClick here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoToggle PlaySurvivors of deadly Indonesia train crash pulled from wreckageBy Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and ReutersPublished On 28 Apr 202628 Apr 2026⁠Fourteen people have been confirmed killed and more than 80 injured in a collision involving two trains near the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with rescue workers continuing efforts to free passengers trapped in the wreckage.The crash late on Monday night occurred at Bekasi city’s rail station, adjoining Jakarta, between a commuter line train and a long-distance train, the spokesperson for the commuter line operator, Karina Amanda, told the Reuters news agency.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Two trains crash head-on in Denmarklist 2 of 4Three killed in fire at Indonesian government building blamed on protesterslist 3 of 4Death toll from Indonesia landslide exceeds 20, dozens remain missinglist 4 of 4Survivors of deadly Indonesia train crash pulled from wreckageend of list“Based on the latest data as of 08:45 WIB [Western Indonesian Time] (01:45 GMT), 14 people have been confirmed dead,” the state-owned KAI rail company said in a statement on Tuesday. Another 84 people have received hospital treatment, it added.Emergency workers are actively working at the scene to free people who remain trapped in the wreckage, said Mohammad Syafii, the head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS).Syafii said efforts to rescue those still trapped in the wreckage were complicated by the limited space in which rescuers were working and the severe damage to the train carriages, according to local news outlet Kompas.com.The wreckage after a deadly collision between a commuter line train and a long-distance train, in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 28, 2026 [Willy Kurniawan/Reuters]Emergency workers need to work “slowly” to cut away wreckage and free those trapped inside the mangled carriages, Syafii said, according to Kompas.com.Rescuers disengaged the trains and were using angle grinders to cut through the metal framework of compartments to free passengers, according to reports at the scene of the accident. Advertisement Anne Purba, the spokeswoman for the state-owned railway operator KAI, had reported an initial toll of five people killed and 79 injured, which jumped to 14 dead on Tuesday morning.Franoto Wibowo, a spokesman for KAI, said a taxi appears to have clipped the commuter train on a level crossing, causing it to come to a standstill on the tracks, where it was then hit by the long-distance train.Kompas.com identified the trains involved as the Jakarta to Cikarang commuter train and the Argo Bromo Anggrek long-distance train, which is described as Indonesia’s premier high-speed train service between Jakarta and Surabaya.Train accidents are not uncommon on Indonesia’s rail network.In 2010, a train from Jakarta ploughed into the rear of another train that was sitting at a station in Central Java province, killing 36, and in 2015, a passenger train hit a minibus at an unguarded crossing in West Java, killing 18 people.

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