Bandung. The Indonesian Railway Company (KAI) and the National Search and Rescue Team (Basarnas) have completed the evacuation process for the locomotives and carriages involved in a collision in Cicalengka, West Java. The railway track is set to resume operations today.

A train collision occurred between the Turangga train traveling from Surabaya in East Java to Bandung, West Java, and the Commuter Line Bandung Raya train on the railway track at Cicalengka, in the Bandung Regency of West Java on Friday morning, resulting in the loss of four lives.

Ayep Hanapi, the Public Relations Manager of KAI Bandung, said that the entire evacuation process had been completed around 4:30 AM on Saturday. Currently, the personnel are conducting inspections and repairing the track bearings along the Cicalengka Station and Haurpugur Station in Rancaekek.

"All train evacuation processes have been completed, with the last evacuation finished at 04:13 AM," said Ayep Hanapi, Manager of Public Relations Daop 2 Bandung, at the scene on Saturday morning.

After evacuating the carriages, efforts to repair the railway track are ongoing to ensure it can be reopened this morning.

"We continue to expedite track repairs to facilitate a swift reopening," he added.

As a result of the accident, four KAI employees lost their lives, and dozens of passengers sustained minor injuries. At the time of the accident, the Turangga train was carrying 287 people, while the Bandung Raya train had 191 passengers.

Among the casualties were Julian Dwi Setiono, the locomotive engineer of the Bandung Raya local train, and Ponisan, the assistant locomotive engineer of the same train.

Another victim was Enjang Yudi, a member of the train security unit, and the fourth casualty was Andrian, a steward on the Turangga train. The family of Andrian revealed that he had recently started working for KAI approximately two weeks before the tragic incident.

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