JATIMNOW.COM – Siti Nur Hidayah (30), residents of Dusun Krajan, Kabat Village, Kabat sub-district died after being hit by a train (KA) Wijaya Kusuma, of Km 3+200 the Rogojampi-Banyuwangi route.
This event occurred at 05.26 WIB, Thursday (24/2/2022). At that time, the Wijaya train for the Cilacap-Banyuwangi route was going to Banyuwangi Kota Station and Ketapang Station as the final stop..
When confirmed, Public Relations of PT KAI Daop 9 Jember, Tohari acknowledged the incident. “Korban seorang perempuan yang berjalan ke arah kereta api yang sedang melaju,” kata Tohari.
At that time, he continued, Train engineer Wijaya Kusuma has sounded the flute or the horn of a train locomotive. “Korban tak menghiraukan akhirnya tertemper KA Wijaya Kusuma,” terang Tohari.
The incident made the driver stop the train for a moment. Then, victims by the PT KAI Security Team, The Kabat Police and local village officials were evacuated.
Meanwhile, Kabat Kompol Polsek Edi Susanto stated that the victim's body had been taken to the Blambangan Hospital.
“Dari keterangan saksi, last night approx 01.00-02.00 WIB. the victim leaves the house alone, husband was looking for it, but not found," he explained.
