Overview
- At about 11:00 a.m. local time, a four-car limited express from Kyoto to Kashiharajingū-mae hit a car at a crossing near Shinhōsono Station in Seika, Kyoto Prefecture.
- Firefighters extinguished a vehicle fire, and one person was later found dead inside the burned car as police worked to confirm the identity.
- The impact and ensuing blaze damaged the express and an oncoming express on the adjacent track, but no passengers or crew were injured.
- About 580 people from the affected trains were guided to safer cars and evacuated to Shinhōsono Station without injury, according to Kintetsu.
- Authorities said the crossing had warning lights and gates and reported that a light car rear-ended another before remaining within the crossing, and train services on parts of the Kintetsu Kyoto Line and some Nara Line sections were suspended during the response and investigation.