Hyogo: Man takes fatal plunge into train, injures passengers
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on March 1, 2021
HYOGO (TR) – A 42-year-old man leaped in front of a train in Kobe City last week, killing himself and injuring two passengers, authorities said, reports NHK (Feb. 26).
At around 8:25 a.m. on February 26, the man, a company employee, jumped off the platform at Motomachi Station in Chuuo Ward and into the path on a JR Kobe Line express train.
The man was later confirmed dead, police said.
The train was passing through the station. When it struck the man, he broke through the front glass of the first car and passed through the driver’s compartment.