Nine people including three kids killed as overcrowded train crashes into amusement park ride

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. HandoutThree 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. It then careered into an amusement park ride 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. “Nine people were killed. With 20 passengers, the odong-odong surely exceeded its maximum capacity.”