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Woman in her 80s dies after car collides with train on Odakyu line
A car entered the Odakyu tracks near Mutsuai-Nichidaimae Station in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, shortly after 10 p.m.
on October 27.
The car travelled about 200 metres toward Fujisawa before a train struck it from behind.
The woman in her 80s driving the car died at the scene.
No one aboard the train was injured, and it did not derail.
The crash halted service between Ch長後 Station and Fujisawa Station on the Odakyu Enoshima Line.
Service resumed for the first trains on October 28 after recovery work and safety checks were completed.
An woman in her 80s died after the car she was driving collided with a train on the Odakyu Enoshima Line in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture.
The car entered the tracks near Mutsuai-Nichidaimae Station and travelled about 200 metres toward Fujisawa before the collision.
The car was trapped beneath the train’s lead car.
No passengers or crew were injured, and the train did not derail.
Train service between Chōgo and Fujisawa stations resumed from the first trains on 28 October after repairs and safety checks.
- Who
- A woman in her 80s who was driving the car died. No train passengers or crew were injured.
- What
- A car collided with a train after travelling on the tracks for about 200 metres.
- When
- 27 October, shortly after 10 p.m.
- Where
- Near Mutsuai-Nichidaimae Station in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on the Odakyu Enoshima Line.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
A car entered the tracks near Mutsuai-Nichidaimae Station and collided with a train after travelling about 200 metres toward Fujisawa.
Service was suspended between Chōgo and Fujisawa stations.
Repairs and safety checks were completed, and service resumed from the first trains.
- Fatality
- Woman driver in her 80s
- Location
- Near Mutsuai-Nichidaimae Station, Fujisawa
- Distance travelled on tracks
- About 200 metres
- Train service suspension
- Chōgo–Fujisawa section
- Service resumed
- 28 October, about 4:30 a.m.