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Accident in the news
This morning's accident is in the news now (Yahoo News, September 9, 14:47).
Summed up from the news article:
Today about 10am, a man committed suicide on Mita line around Shimura-sakaue station. The train conductor said that he saw a person falling down from above when entering the tunnel. The line was partly immobilized and 250 passengers had to walk 150m in the tunnel to get out at Shimura-sakaue station.
Mita line is one of those with barriers that close when the train is not in station, of which a role is to prevent this kind of incident. The station from which the train was coming is above ground, and enters the tunnel mid-way to the next station.
I have heard many times of suicides on train and subway lines in Japan, but it's the first time that one happens so close.
Shocking.
Posted on September 9, 2003 at 16:04 | Tweet
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i used to ride the chuo line to get to high school and always rode in the 1st car of the train. one day a guy committed suicide at musashi-koganei station and we could see EVERYTHING, it was so horrid.
Posted by mint on September 13, 2003 at 06:44
Eew. Must be disgusting...
I wonder about the drivers, whether they get some long vacation after this happens to them, and also whether drivers for Chuo line have some kind of psychological training to be able to handle it when it happens sooner or later...
Posted by Patrick on September 13, 2003 at 10:46