Japan train hits truck, mounts platform: police
- Published: 12 Feb 2013 at 16.44
- Online news: World
An express passenger train hit a truck at a level crossing in Japan on Tuesday, police said, with footage and reports from the scene showing it had mounted a station platform.
A derailed passenger train of the Sanyo Electric Railway in Takasago city in Hyogo prefecture, western Japan on February 12, 2013. The express passenger train hit a truck at a level crossing in Japan on Tuesday, police said, with footage and reports from the scene showing it had mounted a station platform.
A picture published online by the bestselling Yomiuri Shimbun showed a carriage half-on a platform in Hyogo prefecture. A spokesman for the local police confirmed the accident and said the injury toll of 16 may rise.
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