Tragedi Bintaro Akibat Palang Pintu KA tidak Berfungsi
Train Collision with Fuel Truck in Bintaro, Jakarta due Railway Crossings Malfunctioned
Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Salah satu sebab kecelakaan Kereta Rel Listrik (KRL) Serpong-Jakarta adalah tidak berfungsinya palang pintu di kawasan Bintaro Permai, Tangerang.
"Memang di kawasan itu palang pintunya tidak berfungsi," Humas Kereta Commuter Jabodetabek (KCJ) Eva Chairunnisa di Jakarta, Senin (9/12).
Palang pintu yang tidak berfungsi membuat beberapa kendaraan dengan mudah menerobos persimpangan jalan raya dengan rel kereta api.
Kobaran api KRL belum dapat dipadamkan hingga berita ini disiarkan sejak terbakar sekitar pukul 11.15 WIB setelah menabrak mobil tanki Pertamina di persimpangan kereta Bintaro, Tangerang, Senin.
Saksi mata Fransiska Ninditya mengaku merasa pusing akibat menghirup asap kebakaran gerbong kereta listrik.
Kereta sempat terguling dan penumpang yang menjadi korban langsung berhamburan keluar lewat gerbong bagian belakang. Sebagian besar korban panik tidak sempat untuk memecahkan kaca akibat kepanikan setelah ada bunyi dentuman.
Sebanyak lima mobil pemadam kebakaran telah ada di lokasi untuk menangani kebakaran dan korban sementara dievakuiasi di Masjid At-Taqwa Bintaro.
Lokasi kecelakaan yang dekat dengan SD I Bintaro itu membuat banyak warga berusaha membantu mengevakuasi korban sedangkan sebagian lagi hanya menyaksikan lokasi kecelakaan.
Jakarta (B2B) - A malfunctioning gate at a railway crossing resulted in a commuter train crashing into a fuel truck in the Bintaro area, near Jakarta on Monday, a spokesman for the commuter lines administrator company Eva Chairunnisa stated.
"The crossing gate malfunctioned," she said, adding that the malfunctioning gate had enabled cars and trucks to freely cross the road without being aware of the trains approach.
The front wagon of the commuter train, heading to Jakarta from the Tangerang Province, had derailed and caught fire after it hit a fuel truck on Monday at 11:15 a.m.
A witness, Fransiska Ninditya, said that the fire was followed by a thick black smoke, which took place soon after the train had hit the fuel truck near Bintaro. The wagon was mostly occupied by female passengers.
"The passengers are still panicking. I too have a headache from inhaling the thick smoke," Fransiska stated.
She added that the firemen were still trying to extinguish the fire. Some medical personnel were also present at the location to help evacuate the injured passengers. No casualties have been reported so far.
