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Jakarta.- The fifteen fatalities following the collision between two trains that occurred last night in Indonesia are all women, as they were traveling in a carriage reserved for them - the last and most affected by the impact -, a measure against harassment implemented in the country more than a decade ago.
"I saw women in front of me running and screaming, and that's when I looked up and saw a train approaching from behind. After that moment, I don't remember anything. After a while, I woke up," Siti -pseudonym, as the woman prefers not to reveal her identity-, who was in the wrecked carriage, tells EFE.
The accident, which also leaves 84 injured, occurred when a commuter train from Jakarta - in which the women's carriage was located - was hit from behind by a long-distance train around 8:00 p.m. local time on Monday (13:00 GMT), after having to stop when it encountered a taxi that for unknown reasons ended up in the middle of the track, according to local media and the state railway company KAI. "When I realized I wasn't trapped upon waking up, I was able to jump through the window (...) and I realized that many women were in much worse condition than me," Siti tells EFE from the hospital, where she was taken to check and suture a wound on her forehead. The director of the Indonesian rescue agency (Basarnas), Mohammad Syaffi, explained that the fatalities - initially reported today as 14, revised to 15 this afternoon - were found in the women's carriage in which they were located, during a press conference reported by the local press.The deceased were between 19 and 50 years old, according to local authorities.
The accident took place at Bekasi East station, about 20 kilometers from Jakarta, the overpopulated capital of the country with the most Muslims in the world, which has sought in recent years to improve its connections with the outskirts to decongest the city.Female-only carriages
Due to the numerous complaints about unwanted touching in crowded train cars, in August 2010, trains with exclusively female carriages began to circulate throughout the country, an initiative designed to combat sexual harassment in public transport and a measure also applied in Asia by countries such as Japan and India.You may be interested in: At least 14 dead after collision of two trains on the outskirts of Jakarta
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