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Indonesian train crash kills 43
ap ^ | October 02, 2010

Posted on 10/02/2010 11:17:35 AM PDT by george76

A TRAIN crash in central Indonesia today killed at least 43 people and injured dozens, many of them critically... The toll was expected to rise with some bodies still trapped in the mangled wreckage.

Meanwhile, another passenger train crashed in the town of Solo at about 4am, said Transportation Ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan, adding data was still being collected about casualties.

(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.com.au ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: passengertrain; train; traincrash; trains

1 posted on 10/02/2010 11:17:36 AM PDT by george76
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2 posted on 10/02/2010 11:18:55 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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This was a frieght train. Imagine how many it would be if it had passenger cars.


3 posted on 10/02/2010 11:56:04 AM PDT by libertyhoundusnr
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To: george76

RIP.


4 posted on 10/02/2010 10:11:46 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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