At 3:00am local time on 2 October 2010,[1] an Argo Bromo Anggrek executive train travelling from Jakarta to Surabaya ran into the rear of a Senja Utama Semarang business train at Petarukan, Pemalang[3] a city on the north coast of central Java.
[4] The Argo Bromo executive train had 336 passengers on board, while the Senja Utama Semarang business train was bound for Semarang and carrying 663 passengers.
[5] Three carriages derailed and overturned,[1] 36 people were reported to have been killed and 50 injured,[6] with the death toll expected to rise.
[1][7] The accident was the deadliest in Indonesia since the Bintaro train crash on 19 October 1987, which killed 156 people.
"[10] Director General of Railway Affairs at the Ministry of Transportation Tunjung Inderawan offered apologies for the two incidents, saying that "I apologize to the families of all the victims of the train accidents.