Keikyu Line accident Large trucks travel on routes that normally do not pass September 6th 17:14
In the accident where the train collided with a large truck at the railroad crossing of the Keikyu Line in Yokohama City and found that the road on which the truck was running was a route that did not normally pass, the police may have mistaken the road I am looking into the details of the situation.
On the 5th, in an accident where a train collided with a large truck at the railroad crossing of the Keikyu Line in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, the driver Michio Motohashi (67), a transportation company in Katori City, Chiba Prefecture, was driving. In addition, 35 passengers and other people were lightly injured.
The police searched for a shipping company at work on the grounds of suspected accidental driving injury and seized daily reports on driving.
According to police and officials, the truck was in the middle of transporting fruit loaded at a shipping location about 1 km away to Narita, Chiba Prefecture, but the narrow alley that was running just before entering the railroad crossing is not normally routed. It was that.
The truck got stuck by turning right in this alley, turning the handle over and over.
To go to Narita City from the shipping area, it is common to get on the highway from the entrance along the national highway before going to the railroad crossing, and the police may have entered by mistake, such as wrong way I'm looking into the details.
Secretary of the Eunuch “Proceeding with measures for crossing accidents”
The secretary of the secretary said at the press conference in the afternoon, “For the level crossing accident prevention measures, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has designated the level crossing roads to be improved individually, and has been focusing on improvements and three-dimensional intersections. We have also supported the installation of railway operators for emergency push buttons and alarm devices. "
On top of that, Secretary of the Secretariat said, “I would like to continue to take measures for crossing accidents and reduce the number of accidents with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in the future.”