Human error blamed for train collision in Fukuoka

Human error blamed for train collision in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo, taken Feb. 23, shows an express train (L) which plowed into a stationary local train the previous night in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture. More than 70 people were injured in an accident railway officials blamed on ''human error'' on the part of the express train driver.

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