A train crash occurred on July 26, 2022 when a Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) Lokal Merak train crashed into an odong-odong (a vehicle resembling a bus that carries people, most often children, for amusement purposes) at a level crossing in Serang, Banten, Indonesia on Tuesday morning, causing at least one odong-odong to be overturned.
[1] A KAI Lokal Merak passenger train heading to Rangkasbitung collided with an odong-odong that was obstructing a level crossing from Walantaka to Kragilan at Silebu, Serang, Indonesia.
It was reported that the odong-odong had more than 20 people aboard while intentionally obstructing the level crossing.
[7] The tragedy was one of a series of multiple-casualty incidents on Indonesia's overcrowded and undermaintained railway system.
The director of KAI commented that no gate was installed at the crossing due to the low frequency of trains on the route, while assuring that it would look into the matter.