JR West has revealed that it had finished business on the Osaka Loop Line on October 30 without noticing that the train had come into contact with a person.
According to police, a 20-year-old man was found about five hours later, but was confirmed dead on the spot.
According to JR West, after 5 am on the 30th, the driver of the first train found something collapsed near the elevated tracks between Temma Station and Sakuranomiya Station, and then another train driver It was confirmed that a person had fallen.
According to police, a 20-year-old man from Hirakata City, Osaka, was confirmed dead on the spot.
In response to this, when JR West confirmed the drive recorder, it was found that the train from Tennoji to Kyobashi had caused a contact accident at around 0:10 am on the 30th.
Even after the accident, multiple trains passed by the site, but the drivers of the trains that contacted them and other trains did not notice that the people were lying down. In the vicinity, the driver shifted his gaze to the signs and signals, and it was difficult to notice because the field of view on the track side was narrow.I don't think there was any problem with the driver's response."