JAKARTA \u2013 A landslide triggered by heavy rain derailed a train as it travelled through Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, leaving five people dead, an official said.<\/p>\n\n
There were about 250 passengers on the train as it travelled from the city of Bandung in the west of Java to Malang in the east.<\/p>\n\n
The land slipped away from under the tracks as the train was passing through the city of Tasikmalaya at 6:30 pm (1130 GMT), said national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.<\/p>\n\n
Three of the train’s eight carriages derailed and five people were killed, he said.<\/p>\n\n
“Three bodies have been evacuated and the two other bodies remain trapped. We are in the process of evacuating them,” he said.<\/p>\n\n
The other people on board the train were transferred to other forms of transport, said Nugroho.<\/p>\n\n
He did not have information on whether anyone else was injured.<\/p>\n\n
Train accidents are common on Indonesia’s ageing and poorly maintained railroad network. Landslides and floods occur frequently during the archipelago’s six-month rainy season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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