April 28 (UPI) -- At least 15 people were killed and 84 were injured when two trains collided on the same rail line just east of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. Several passengers remain trapped in the wreckage with rescuers scrambling to free them.
The crash occurred Monday night when a long-distance commuter train ploughed into the back of a passenger train that was stationary at Bekasi Timur Station, 15 miles southeast of central Jakarta.
The train stopped at Bekasi Timur Station and was waiting for the line to be reopened following an earlier crash in which a third passenger train struck a taxi stalled on a grade crossing at around 8 p.m. local time.
All of those killed or injured were aboard the stopped train. Most of them were women riding in the rear-most car, which was designated as female-only.
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