2 trains smash into passenger car in Kanagawa crossing

2 trains smash into passenger car in Kanagawa crossing

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Rescuers and firefighters stand at a crossing in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 30, where two commuter trains going in opposite directions on the Odakyu Odawara line hit a station wagon Dec. 29, killing the driver of the car and derailing part of one train. The car, which apparently stalled inside the rail crossing zone, went up in flames.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001082832
  • Registered date
  • 2000/12/29 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2000 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1673 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.03(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Maglev train test run

    Maglev train test run

    TSURU, Japan - Photo shows a monitor in an L0 series magnetically levitated train during a test run in Yamanashi Prefecture on Aug. 29, 2013, displaying the maximum speed of 505 km/h during the run, as well as images taken by a camera on the front of the car. The Central Japan Railway Co. resumed experimental runs of its maglev trains after completing a two-year project to extend its test line.
      (1)1 dead, 23 hurt in train-car crash in Aichi

      (1)1 dead, 23 hurt in train-car crash in Aichi

      INAZAWA, Japan - A utility pole hangs in front of a limited express train of Nagoya Railroad Co. (Meitetsu) near a railway crossing in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 26 after the train collided with a car (L). The first two cars of the train derailed and the passenger car was severely damaged in the collision, which left the car's driver dead and injured 23 people.
        (2)1 dead, 23 hurt in train-car crash in Aichi

        (2)1 dead, 23 hurt in train-car crash in Aichi

        NAGOYA, Japan - The scene at a railway crossing in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, after a train of the Nagoya Railroad Co. (Meitetsu) collided with a passenger car on Sept. 26. The car's driver died and 23 people -- the train driver, conductor and passengers -- were injured in the collision. The first two cars of the eight-car train ran off the rails.
          1 confirmed dead, 26 injured in train collision+

          1 confirmed dead, 26 injured in train collision+

          FUKUI, Japan - Two trains sit on a private railway in the town of Matsuoka, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 17, after a collision that killed a driver and injured 26 passengers. The collision occurred around 1:30 p.m. near Shiizakai Station on the main Echizen Line of Keifuku Electric Railroad Co. A train coming down a branch line failed to stop at Higashi-Furuichi Station and continued onto the mainline for about 1 kilometer, railway officials said.