Police investigate Fukui train collision

Police investigate Fukui train collision

KATSUYAMA, Japan - Police begin an on-site investigation on June 25 in the city of Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture into a head-on collision between two trains on the Echizen Line, the single-line railway operated by Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., the previous day in which 25 people were injured.

Railway executives apology for train collision+

Railway executives apology for train collision+

FUKUI, Japan - Keifuku Electric Railroad Co. executives apologize for a train collision that killed a driver and injured 26 passengers in the town of Matsuoka, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 17. The collision occurred around 1:30 p.m. near Shiizakai Station on the main Echizen Line. 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.

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.

Police investigate Fukui train collision

Police investigate Fukui train collision

KATSUYAMA, Japan - Police begin an on-site investigation on June 25 in the city of Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture into a head-on collision between two trains on the Echizen Line, the single-line railway operated by Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., the previous day in which 25 people were injured.

Railway executives apology for train collision+

Railway executives apology for train collision+

FUKUI, Japan - Keifuku Electric Railroad Co. executives apologize for a train collision that killed a driver and injured 26 passengers in the town of Matsuoka, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 17. The collision occurred around 1:30 p.m. near Shiizakai Station on the main Echizen Line. 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.

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.