Indonesia train derails in landslide; 3 dead

April 05, 2014 09:57 am | Updated May 21, 2016 08:44 am IST - JAKARTA

A railway official says at least three people were killed when a passenger train hit mounds of mud after heavy rain triggered a landslide in central Indonesia. Two others are in critical condition.

Junerfin, a spokesman for the Indonesian Railway Company, says the train derailed at a junction in Tasikmalaya, a district on Java island, late Friday.

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