Death toll of train crash becomes two

The Jakarta Post

JAKARTA (JP): Passengers, who were killed in a passenger train incident in Central Java, become two after another passenger died later in the day.

MetroTV television reported Kasbari, who was trapped in a train car for four hours, was finally dead after a hospital failed to save his life. He was a resident of Pemalang regency in Central Java.

Another casualty is a baby, who was killed earlier. The accident also wounded tens of other passengers.

The accident occurred when the train jumped its tracks and skidded into a rice field Saturday in an area some 250 kilometers east of Jakarta. Workers were now still evacuating train cars.

Indonesia has been hit by a string of deadly transportation disasters in recent months, including plane crashes, ferry sinking's and train accidents that together have killed more than 500 people.