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Train crash kills eight, injures 60 in Indonesia's Sumatra

Other News Materials 16 August 2008 08:43 (UTC +04:00)

(dpa) - At least eight people were killed and 60 others injured when two trains collided Saturday in Indonesia's South Sumatra province of Lampung, police and media reports said.

The accident took place at about 7:45 am (0045 GMT) when a cargo train slammed into a passenger train in Bandar Lampung railway station. The freighter was carrying coal from Palembang in South Sumatra.

The victims were taken to hospitals in Bandar Lampung.

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