Three months after the Keikyu derailment accident Information board near the site Yokohama December 6, 21:14
In September, three months have passed since the accident when 37 people were injured when a train and truck collided at the railroad crossing on the Keikyu Line in Yokohama. Because of the accident that occurred when the truck entered the narrow road leading to the railroad crossing, the city of Yokohama has sequentially installed information boards to urge attention to prevent large vehicles from entering the area.
In September, at the railroad crossing on the Keikyu line in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, a train crashed into a large truck and derailed, and the 67-year-old driver of the truck died and 37 passengers and other people were injured. did.
According to the police, it seems that the camera entered the narrow road leading to the railroad crossing in order to avoid the road where the height is restricted from the video of the security camera.
For this reason, Yokohama City, which manages the surrounding roads, has decided to install new information boards, such as “difficult to access large vehicles”, in order to prevent recurrence.
The Kanagawa Civil Engineering Office in Yokohama, which manages the road, says, “I want to proceed with the installation as soon as possible so that similar accidents do not occur in the future.”
The police are investigating that there was negligence in the truck driver, as well as investigating the position where the train driver confirmed the traffic signal to notify the abnormality and the timing of emergency braking.