Video of a passenger train crashing into a truck in Indonesia shared as that from India - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 8, 2023
A video is being shared on social media claiming it is the visuals of another train accident that recently took place in India. In the wake of the recent Balasore train accident in Odisha, this video is going viral on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video showing another train accident that recently took place in India.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows a train accident that recently took place in Indonesia. The video has nothing to do with India. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, a video showing similar visuals was found in an article published by the ‘Sky News’ website on 19 July 2023. According to this news source, a passenger train crashed into a truck that had stalled out on a railway track in Indonesia.
Reporting the details of this train accident, several news sites published articles in July 2023. They can be seen here, here, and here. According to these reports, a truck experienced a breakdown while crossing a railway track. When the driver left to seek assistance, a train collided with the truck, resulting in a fiery explosion. The incident reportedly took place in Central Java in Indonesia. Authorities say that the train was too close to be stopped and confirmed that only one passenger had suffered minor injuries in the accident. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post shows a recent train accident in Indonesia, not in India.
To sum it up, a video showing a train crashing into a truck in Indonesia was shared as the visuals of a recent train accident in India.