JAKARTA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and over 270 others wounded after one of the railroad passenger cars of a train skidded off on a bridge and plunged into a ravine in Indonesia's central Java province on Tuesday, a police officer said.

    The train on route Solo of the province to Jakarta slid after midnight Tuesday and felt down into the seven-meter deep ravine in Banyumas regency, said a police office of the regency named only Sunaryo.

    "Five people were killed and 270 others injured after the railroad coach number three was separated from the others coaches while the train was on the bridge," he told Xinhua on telephone from the regency.

    All the victims have been admitted to some hospitals in the regency, said Sunaryo.

    Train is a favorite transport facility for its cheaper price in the world's fourth most populous country with 240 millions population. But lack of safety standard has often caused accident.