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Two foreign workers killed in accident at high-speed railway project
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Workers stand beside a train for the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project at the Tegalluar train depot in Bandung, West Java, on Oct. 13. (Reuters/Yuddy Cahya Budiman)
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lready beset by a ballooning budget and missed deadlines, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project (KCJB) suffers another roadblock as a work train involved with the project careened off the railway, killed two foreign technical workers and injured several others on Sunday evening.
In a written statement received by The Jakarta Post, PT. Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC) corporate secretary Rahadian Ratry confirmed that the incident occurred at around 5 p.m. on Sunday in Cempaka Mekar village, Padalarang, West Bandung regency, West Java.
“KCIC has been coordinating with relevant parties in dealing with the incident, and we’ve been cooperating with the authorities’ investigation into the matter,” Rahadian said on Monday.
Formed as a joint venture between a consortium of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and several Chinese-railroad companies, KCIC is overseeing the construction of the high-speed railway.
Transportation Ministry spokesperson Adita Irawati said that the Sunday incident has killed two people. “From the latest report, there’s been a total of six victims so far. They include two casualties, two persons who were seriously injured and two others suffering from minor wounds," Adita said in a press release.
While the ministry did not specify the identities of the victims, Padalarang Police chief Comr. Darwan Hasan said that the two casualties were Chinese nationals who had been working on the project.
