Fatal Accident on Sanyo Shinkansen Causes Delays and Traps Passengers for Hours

At around 10:10 p.m. on the 8th, a person was hit by Sakura 572 (8-car train) bound for Shin-Osaka from Kagoshima-Chuo near the first Katakami Tunnel between Sanyo Shinkansen Aioi and Okayama in Higashi-Katakami, Bizen City, and died. bottom. This train and the oncoming Nozomi No. 83 (16-car train) bound for Hiroshima from Tokyo made an emergency stop near the site, and a total of 436 passengers were trapped in both trains for more than five hours until they resumed operation. No one complained of injury or poor health.

According to JR West, when the driver noticed a strange noise while driving, he found that the bonnet of the leading car had been severely damaged. According to the Bizen police station, the deceased is believed to be an adult male. The site is elevated, and the approach route to the railroad track and identity are being investigated.

In order to confirm safety, trains on the inbound and outbound lines between Shin-Osaka and Hiroshima were temporarily suspended, and 12 other trains stopped at station platforms. Including the first train on the 9th, two upper and lower trains were suspended, and a total of 20 trains were delayed by up to about six hours, affecting about 4,000 people.