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At least 50 killed in Japan train derailment
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-25 18:16 A crowded Japanese commuter train derailed and
slammed into an apartment building on Monday, killing at least 50 people and
injuring hundreds in Japan's worst train accident in more than 40 years.
As darkness fell nearly nine hours after the accident, rescue workers toiling
behind blue plastic sheeting were trying to retrieve several people believed to
be alive in the wreckage embedded in the building's first-floor car park.
About 300 people were taken to hospital, a police spokesman said. It was not
known if the injured included anyone from the apartment building, which was
located just 6 metres (20 feet) from the train tracks, he said.
Aerial view of a derailed commuter train
that smashed into an apartment building in Amagasaki, western Japan April
25, 2005. [Reuters] |
Five cars derailed in the accident, which took place shortly after the
morning rush hour in a residential area near the city of Osaka, about 400 km
(255 miles) west of Tokyo.
The train was carrying about 580 passengers.
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