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View all search resultsNo Indonesian citizen among victims of train accident in Connecticut: Ministry
The Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed on Monday that there were no Indonesian citizens among the victims of a train accident in Connecticut, the US, on Friday
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he Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed on Monday that there were no Indonesian citizens among the victims of a train accident in Connecticut, the US, on Friday.
The ministry's director of information and media PLE Priatna said the Indonesian consul general for New York, Ghafur Dharmaputra, had been communicating with local officials and monitoring the developments of the train incident.
Two commuter trains serving New York-New Haven collided in Fairfield, Connecticut, at around 6:10 p.m. local time on Friday.
The incident began when a commuter train departing from New York to New Haven slipped on its rail track and collided with another commuter train running in opposite direction.
Seventy passengers sustained injuries during the incident; seven remain in a critical condition at St.Vincent's Medical Center and Bridgeport Hospital.
According to the results of a preliminary investigation conducted by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) the incident appears to have been caused by cracks within the connection of the rail tracks.
Part of the New York-Boston route, which is managed by Amtrak Railway, will be closed for several days until the investigation of the incident and the rail track repairs are complete. (ebf)
