Police question 9 people over fatal train crash

Central Java police are questioning nine railway company officers in connection with the train crash in Pemalang early on Saturday, which left 33 people killed.

The provincial police chief, Insp. Gen. Edward Aritonang, said the officers in question were machinists of Senja Utama train and Anggrek Argobromo train, head of the Petarukan railway station, a railway track operator and other on-duty officers.

“They are questioned related to the accident as witnesses,” Edward said after observing the accident site.

Police investigators and the National Commission on Transportation Safety have not concluded what caused the train crash, Edward added.

The police will also study tape recording of conversations between crew members of the trains and the railway station operators to confirm the cause of the accident.