Two children have died after being hit by a train at a railway crossing in Cikoko in Pancoran subdistrict, South Jakarta, on Friday.
The incident that took lives of MI and MF, both aged 7, happened at around 1 p.m. on Friday, South Jakarta Police spokesman Cmr. Purwanta said.
The two children lived nearby the crossing and were playing when a train en route from Bogor to Tanah Abang passed.
"Witnesses said they saw two children running at the train crossing. At the same time a train was passing and then hit them," Purwanta said as quoted by kompas.com.
The victims died instantly and their bodies were taken to state Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Central Jakarta. (rin)
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