On the 28th, at the railroad crossing of the Chichibu Railway in Minano Town, Saitama Prefecture, a train and a light passenger car collided and a man was injured. It turns out that it may not have been.
The police are investigating that there is a possibility that the barrier may have malfunctioned due to power outages in the surrounding area due to lightning strikes.
According to police, a 44-year-old man who was driving a light passenger car collided with a 3-car train at a railroad crossing of the Chichibu Railway in Shimotano, Minano Town, Saitama Prefecture at around 6 pm on the 28th. I was injured when I broke it.
About 70 people on the train were not injured.
The site is a railroad crossing with a crossing barrier and an alarm between Kami-Nagatoru Station and Oyahana Station. I went up before passing, and when an oncoming car entered the railroad crossing, it collided with the train. "
The train driver also said, "I think the barrier was up."
According to the Chichibu Railway, at that time, the substation that sends electricity to railroad crossing equipment was repeatedly out of power and restored due to the effects of lightning strikes, and it is under investigation how the barriers at the site were operating.
Police are investigating the situation at the time and the cause of the accident, assuming that the barrier may have malfunctioned due to a lightning strike.