JR express trains barely avoid head-on crash

JR express trains barely avoid head-on crash

Officials of Kyushu Railway Co. bow in apology at a press conference in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on May 22, 2015. An express train almost crashed head-on into another express train but barely stopped 93 meters short at a station on a single-track JR line earlier in the day, causing no injuries to the 231 passengers combined. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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