By Olivia Burke
NINE people were killed after an overcrowded train they were travelling in crashed into an amusement park ride.
Three children and six women died in the horror smash in Indonesia’s Banten state on Tuesday.
Three children and six women were killed in the horror train crash[/caption]
According to local media, the open-top minibus – known locally as an odong-odong – was carrying 20 passengers at the time.
The colourful vehicles often seat around a dozen small children and are often spotted in low-income areas.
It then careered into a train after storming through a gate-less railway crossing.
Serang Traffic Police Chief Tiwi Afrina said: “[The odong-odong] was traveling from Walantata towards Kragilan and it was driving through a gate-less railway crossing.
“Then the accident happened between the train and the odong-odong.
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“Nine people were killed. With 20 passengers, the odong-odong surely exceeded its maximum capacity.”
Surviving passengers – many of them wounded – were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The driver of the brightly coloured odong-odong escaped unscathed.
He has now been taken into custody for further questioning, according to local reports.
Source: Nine people including three kids killed as overcrowded train crashes into amusement park ride
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