REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SEMARANG -- A passenger train, Argo Bromo Anggrek, on Monday smashed into a truck in Ngasinan Village, Weleri, Kendal District, Central Java, killing the truck's driver Kastan (48).

An eyewitness, Achmad Zaenal, who was also a passenger of the Argo Anggrek train, said the accident occurred at around 12:30 P.M. local time at a railway crossing in Ngasinan Village.

The train that was running on the Jakarta-Surabaya route hit the truck with license number G 1827 CC. The vehicle that was loaded with sand was dragged a kilometer along the tracks from the railway crossing.

According to the witness, the truck was hit hard as the train was moving fast. Several parts of the truck were scattered along the railway track.