Overview
- A long-distance train hit the rear of a stopped commuter train at Bekasi Timur near Jakarta, tearing open the last car.
- Officials reported 15 dead and 88 injured, and the rail operator said about 240 people on the long-distance train were unhurt.
- Police said all those who died were women because the rear car was reserved for women on that service.
- The rail company said a taxi clipped the commuter train at a level crossing, which forced it to stop while police verify the sequence of events.
- President Prabowo ordered an immediate probe and an overpass at the station, a step that could speed wider grade separations on Indonesia’s aging rail network.