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hree days after the fatal railway-crossing collision that left seven dead and 96 injured, the Jakarta Police as of Wednesday had yet to question truck driver Chosimin and his assistant, Mujiono, as neither were deemed fit.

'€œDoctors at RSPP [Pertamina Central Hospital] said the driver and his assistant were still traumatized and suffering from their injuries,'€ Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto said Wednesday.

So far the police, in coordination with the National Transportation Accident Committee (KNKT), has yet to name the party responsible.

Following the accident, state-owned PT KAI said it would file a lawsuit against PT Pertamina as, they claimed, the accident was triggered by the 24,000-liter gasoline tanker'€™s driver jumping the safety barrier to cross before the train passed.

Those that lost their lives as a result of the collision included a railway officer, three female passengers as well as the train'€™s engineer and mechanic.

RSPP business management Indra Maulana said that Chosimin was suffering from burn that covered 10 percent of his body, while Mujiono had 25 percent burns.

'€œIt will take about two to three weeks for them to fully recover, but we won'€™t have to wait that long to question them,'€ he told a press conference at the hospital.

Indra refused to specify when questioning would take place.

As of Wednesday, the RSPP had treated 11 victims, including Chosimin and Mujiono.

'€œMost are from suffering burns injuries, their lives are not in danger,'€ he said, adding that state oil and gas company PT Pertamina, owner of the gasoline truck, would cover all victims'€™ treatment.

Rikwanto said the city police were still investigating the cause of the collision. The police questioned seven witnesses on the day of the incident and on Tuesday they checked the scene.

He said the police still had to investigate related technical matters, including the time needed for the crossing bars to block the road after the guard pulled the lever.

'€œWhen the bars were about to close, I saw a truck on the rail tracks,'€ the guard, Pamuji, 48, said on Wednesday, as quoted by kompas.com.

Pamuji, who was treated at Premier Bintaro Hospital in South Tangerang, Banten, for burns, said he left his post to wave a red flag at the tanker to inform the driver to move forward.

'€œI told [the driver] to move but the truck stood still,'€ said Pamuji, who was standing just about one meter away from the tanker during the collision. (nai)