Mother and daughter died after being hit by a freight train No alarm and barrier at railroad crossing Yamaguchi October 19, 2:17
On the 18th, an elderly mother and daughter were hit by a freight train and died at a crossing on the JR Sanyo Main Line in Hikari City, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
The scene is a railroad crossing without alarms and barriers, and police are investigating the details of the accident.
Around 3:30 pm on the 18th, two people who seemed to be crossing on foot were hit by a freight train at a railroad crossing on the JR Sanyo Main Line in Shimata, Hikari City, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
According to police, Chikako Mori (83) and her daughter Chiemi (59), who live nearby, were both hit by death on the spot.
The site is a railroad crossing with a width of about 1.5 meters without alarms or barriers surrounded by rice fields and fields. According to police, the two people are believed to have crossed the railroad crossing during the walk.
Police are investigating the details of the accident, as the train driver said, "I honked the horn and applied the emergency brake, but I couldn't make it in time."
In addition, the Japan Transport Safety Board will dispatch two railway accident investigators to the site on the 19th to investigate the cause of the accident.