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Indonesia fatal train crash: Accidents mount as crossings left unchecked
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As of the afternoon of April 29, 16 women were killed in the accident, and another 91 were injured.
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JAKARTA – Since she was a child, Ms Karma, 60, has lived with the sound of trains passing over a level crossing near her home in Jalan Ampera, East Bekasi, West Java, and with the memory of occasional fatal accidents at the crossing.
But nothing compared to the horrific tragedy on the night of April 27, when an intercity train slammed into a commuter train, killing 16 passengers, all of them women, and drawing nationwide scrutiny to the issue of unguarded crossings.
