Metromini Bus And KRL Commuter Train Collided At Angke, Jakarta; 16 Killed

Indonesian firefighters cut into the wreckage of a minibus after it collided with a train in Jakarta on December 6, 2015. Photo by Adek Berry / AFP

A minibus, Metromini B 80 collided with a commuter train at the Tubagus Angke railway crossing (level crossing) in Jakarta Barat, shortly at about 8:30 AM this morning.

Kompas reported that 16 people including the minibus driver were killed while 8 others were injured.

Eye witnesses reported that the minibus driver drove past the closed gate of the railway crossing before it was hit by the commuter train; dragging the minibus for more than 100 meters.

The minibus was heading to Kalideres from Grogol, while the commuter train which is from KRL commuter line was heading to Bogor from Jatinegara.

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Ten Dead In Moscow Metro Train Accident

Ten people were killed while dozens were injured when a Moscow metro train derailed in Moscow during rush hour on Tuesday.

“This is the most serious man-made disaster in the Moscow underground in its entire history,” infrastructure analyst Alexei Khazbiyev told AFP.

Reports said some people are still been stranded in the train underground.

AFP correspondents saw several helicopters and dozens of ambulances at the scene outside Park Pobedy metro station in western Moscow.

Rescuers and paramedics evacuate passengers injured as several subway cars derailed on the Moscow meto on July 15, 2014

A spokesman for the emergencies ministry said in televised remarks that the accident happened when a train braked suddenly after a false alarm.

One of the passengers injured as several subway cars derailed on the Moscow metro on July 15, 2014 speaks by his mobile after being rescued and treated by paramedics

44 Injured In Swiss Train Collision

BERLIN (AP) — At least 35 people were injured, five of them seriously, in a head-on collision of two trains in western Switzerland late Monday, police said. One person had yet to be recovered from the wreckage.

At least 44 people were injured when two commuter trains collided head-on near the station of Granges-pres-Marnand, about 8 km (5 miles) south of Payerne in Switzerland at around 6:45 p.m. on Monday evening, July 29, 2013.

5 of them were critically injured.

The trains were on a route between Payerne and Lausanne.

One locomotive’s driver was missing after the crash.

Authorities are still investigating the caused the crash.

This train accident came just days after 79 people were killed in a high-speed train derailment in Spain and 17 days after another train accident in France killing 6 people.

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BERLIN (AP) — At least 35 people were injured, five of them seriously, in a head-on collision of two trains in western Switzerland late Monday, police said. One person had yet to be recovered from the wreckage.

BERLIN (AP) — At least 35 people were injured, five of them seriously, in a head-on collision of two trains in western Switzerland late Monday, police said. One person had yet to be recovered from the wreckage.

BERLIN (AP) — At least 35 people were injured, five of them seriously, in a head-on collision of two trains in western Switzerland late Monday, police said. One person had yet to be recovered from the wreckage.

BERLIN (AP) — At least 35 people were injured, five of them seriously, in a head-on collision of two trains in western Switzerland late Monday, police said. One person had yet to be recovered from the wreckage.

BERLIN (AP) — At least 35 people were injured, five of them seriously, in a head-on collision of two trains in western Switzerland late Monday, police said. One person had yet to be recovered from the wreckage.

BERLIN (AP) — At least 35 people were injured, five of them seriously, in a head-on collision of two trains in western Switzerland late Monday, police said. One person had yet to be recovered from the wreckage.

Train Derails In Spain, At Least 60 Were Killed

Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

A train derailed outside the ancient north western Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday.

60 people were killed in the accident while 131 others were injured.

247 people were on board of the train when it derailed at about 8:41 p.m..

The operator of the train is the state rail company, Renfe while state-owned Adif is in charge of the tracks

Renfe said in a statement that the eight-carriage train was travelling from Madrid to Ferrol on the Galician coast when it derailed.

It was one of the worst rail accidents in Europe over the past 25 years.

Authorities are still investigating the cause of the tragedy and an official source said that sabotage or attack was unlikely to be involved.

El Pais newspaper cited sources close to the investigation as saying the train was travelling at over twice the speed limit on a sharp curve.

On Friday July 12, 2013, 6 people were killed in another train accident in France.

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Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

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Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

Dozens were killed and injured when a train derailed outside the northern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday, state media and witnesses said. “It was going so quickly … It seems that on a curve the train started to twist, and the wagons piled up one on top of the other,” passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station. (Reuters

At Least 6 Dead In France Train Crash

A picture shows a derailed wagon on the site of a train accident in the railway station of Bretigny-sur-Orge on July 12, 2013 near Paris. A train derailed in the Paris suburb of Bretigny-sur-Orge in an accident that caused “many casualties”, authorities said. AFP PHOTO /KENZO TRIBOUILLARD 

A train carrying about 370 people derailed at the Bretigny-sur-Orge Station,  just south of Paris on Friday July 12, 2013.

The train left the Paris Austerlitz station Friday morning and was bound for the city of Limoges.

It did not have a scheduled stop at the Bretigny-sur-Orge Station.

The accident killed at least 6 people and injured 22 others.

The last four cars went off the track, with one car was lying on the track.

The cause of the derailment is still being investigate.

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A rescue crew arrive after a train, unseen, derailed in Bretigny sur Orge, south of Paris, Friday July, 12, 2013. A packed passenger train skidded off its rails after leaving Paris on Friday, leaving seven people believed dead and dozens injured as train cars slammed into each other and overturned, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

A picture shows a derailed wagon on the site of a train accident in the railway station of Bretigny-sur-Orge on July 12, 2013 near Paris. A train derailed in the Paris suburb of Bretigny-sur-Orge in an accident that caused “many casualties”, authorities said. AFP PHOTO /KENZO TRIBOUILLARD (Photo credit should read KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images)

Rescuers work on the site of a train accident in the railway station of Bretigny-sur-Orge on July 12, 2013 near Paris. At least seven people were dead and dozens injured after a speeding train split in two and derailed at a station in the southern suburbs of Paris, officials said. AFP PHOTO /KENZO TRIBOUILLARD (Photo credit should read KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images)

Rescue workers transport a victim from a train that derailed in Bretigny sur Orge, south of Paris, Friday July, 12, 2013. A packed passenger train skidded off its rails after leaving Paris on Friday, leaving seven people believed dead and dozens injured as train cars slammed into each other and overturned, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

French railway employees escort passengers from the scene of an intercity train accident at the Bretigny-sur-Orge train station near Paris July 12, 2013. An intercity train headed for the central French city of Limoges derailed south of Paris on Friday, the national rail company SNCF said. Seven people died and several dozen were injured when a regional train derailed en route from Paris to the central city of Limoges, Interior Minister said. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE – Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER) Reuters /BENOIT TESSIER /LANDOV

A picture shows a derailed wagon on the site of a train accident in the railway station of Bretigny-sur-Orge on July 12, 2013 near Paris. A train derailed in the Paris suburb of Bretigny-sur-Orge in an accident that caused “many casualties”, authorities said. AFP PHOTO /KENZO TRIBOUILLARD (Photo credit should read KENZO

Injured persons get medical assistance next to the scene of an intercity train accident at the Bretigny-sur-Orge train station near Paris July 12, 2013. An intercity train headed for the central French city of Limoges derailed south of Paris on Friday, the national rail company SNCF said. Seven people died and several dozen were injured when a regional train derailed en route from Paris to the central city of Limoges, Interior Minister said. REUTERS/Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool (FRANCE – Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER) REUTERS /POOL /LANDOV

Injured persons get medical assistance next to the scene of an intercity train accident at the Bretigny-sur-Orge train station near Paris July 12, 2013. An intercity train headed for the central French city of Limoges derailed south of Paris on Friday, the national rail company SNCF said. Seven people died and several dozen were injured when a regional train derailed en route from Paris to the central city of Limoges, Interior Minister said. REUTERS/Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool (FRANCE – Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER) REUTERS /POOL /LANDOV