At least three people killed in train collision in Java

Rescuers inspect the wreckage of trains after a collision in Cicalengka, West Java (Abdan Syakura/AP)

At least three people were killed when two trains collided on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, officials said.

Ayep Hanapi, a spokesperson for PT Kereta Api Indonesia, the national railways, said several carriages buckled and overturned in the crash about 500 metres from Cicalengka train station in the West Java city of Bandung.