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View all search resultsTrain hits car at unguarded crossing in East Java, killing four
A year-old infant is the only survivor of the family that was traveling in the passenger car, which was passing an unguarded crossing on Sunday when it was hit by a train headed to Surabaya.
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Railway officials inspect the Argo Bromo Anggrek train serving the Surabaya Pasar Turi-Gambir route on Aug. 1, 2025, after the derailed train was removed by crane to the rail yard at Pegaden Baru Station in Subang, West Java. (Antara/Abdan Syakura)
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our members of a family of five were killed on Sunday when the car they were traveling in was struck by a train at an unguarded railway crossing in Pasuruan regency, East Java, underscoring authorities’ ongoing failure to improve the safety of railway crossings across the country.
Police said the incident occurred in Gununggangsir village, Beji district, at around 10 a.m. on Nov. 30 as the family’s car was passing the unguarded crossing from north to south, when the Mutiara Timur train approached from the west at high speed, traveling en route from provincial capital Surabaya to Banyuwangi regency.
The impact of the collision hurled the car, reportedly a sedan, several meters down the track before it overturned.
The four people who died at the scene have been identified as Muhaimin, 33, who was driving at the time of the incident, his wife Suci Nurjannah, 33, their son Muhammad Yisran Alim Mukhsin, 9, and their daughter Putri Indah Ramadhani, 6.
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The couple’s youngest child Rizka, just a year old, survived the crash and was receiving treatment at the Watukosek police hospital in nearby Gempol district under the care of relatives, said Beji Police chief Comr. Sukiyanto.
“She sustained only minor injuries. Her parents’ relatives are staying with her to provide care while she undergoes treatment,” Sukiyanto said on Sunday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
