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Around the world: No RI citizen among victims of train accident

INDONESIA: 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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Tue, May 21, 2013 Published on May. 21, 2013 Published on 2013-05-21T12:41:32+07:00

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NDONESIA: 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.

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.

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