2 killed after car falls off highway and jumps over train tracks

2 killed after car falls off highway and jumps over train tracks

KOBE, Japan - A heavily damaged car in which a man and a woman were killed when it crashed through a barrier on the Hanshin Expressway in Kobe is hoisted by crane on June 28. Tatsuhiro Nikai, 53, an unemployed man from Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, and his wife Michiko, also 53, were confirmed dead on the spot.

2 killed after car falls off highway and jumps over train tracks

2 killed after car falls off highway and jumps over train tracks

KOBE, Japan - This aerial photo shows the scene where a car carrying a man and a woman crashed through a barrier (1) on the Hanshin Expressway in Kobe, dropped about a dozen meters on to a parking lot (2) and jumped over train tracks to end up in a bamboo grove (3) on June 28. Tatsuhiro Nikai, 53, an unemployed man from Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, and his wife Michiko, also 53, were confirmed dead on the spot.

2 killed after car falls off highway and jumps over train tracks

2 killed after car falls off highway and jumps over train tracks

KOBE, Japan - This aerial photo shows the scene where a car carrying a man and a woman crashed through a barrier (1) on the Hanshin Expressway in Kobe, dropped about a dozen meters on to a parking lot (2) and jumped over train tracks to end up in a bamboo grove (3) on June 28. Tatsuhiro Nikai, 53, an unemployed man from Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, and his wife Michiko, also 53, were confirmed dead on the spot. (Kyodo)

2 killed after car falls off highway and jumps over train tracks

2 killed after car falls off highway and jumps over train tracks

KOBE, Japan - A heavily damaged car in which a man and a woman were killed when it crashed through a barrier on the Hanshin Expressway in Kobe is hoisted by crane on June 28. Tatsuhiro Nikai, 53, an unemployed man from Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, and his wife Michiko, also 53, were confirmed dead on the spot. (Kyodo)