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Train-minibus collision kills 14 in Indonesia

Other News Materials 5 July 2009 17:10 (UTC +04:00)

Fourteen people were killed and dozens others wounded after a mini bus collided with a train in Klaten of Central Java on Sunday, Xinhua reported.

The collision occurred at 10:35 a.m (0335 GMT), when a Yogyakarta-Surakarta train slammed into a minibus, which was carrying 35 passengers to attend a wedding ceremony, at an illegal rail crossing in Klaten, the Jakarta Post reported.

The train pushed the bus up to over 20 meters, local TV quoted a survivor as saying.

All surviving victims had been transferred to nearby hospitals, said Eko Budiyanto, spokesperson of state-owned railway company PT KAI for Yogyakarta area.

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