Officials: Train crash kills 36 in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Officials say the number killed in an Indonesian train crash has been revised downward to 36. Dozens of others were injured. The accident occurred at a station in Petarukan, a city in Central Java province, at 3 a.m. (0800 GMT; 9 p.m. EDT Friday) as most passengers were sleeping. A train from the capital, Jakarta, slammed into another train sitting idle at the platform. By early afternoon, only one body was still trapped inside the wreckage, said Marsono, a rescuer who goes by only one name. Thirty-five other bodies were brought to nearby hospitals, said Tri Yuniasari, a spokeswoman from the Hasyim Ashari hospital. Earlier, Cendana Banandi, a government life insurance official, put the death toll at 43. He later revised his figure to 36 as well. — AP