Only 1 of 2 required train horns confirmed in fatal Japan accident

Only one of two warning blasts the train driver was required to sound was confirmed to have gone off in the fatal accident north of Tokyo on Thursday, Tobu Railway Co. said Saturday. An express train travelling at around 50 kilometers per hour struck and killed four workers in their…
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- A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 rattled eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, early on Sunday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the…
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- Only one of two warning blasts the train driver was required to sound was confirmed to have gone off in the fatal accident north of Tokyo on Thursday, Tobu Railway Co. said Saturday. An express train travelling at around 50 kilometers per hour struck and killed four workers in their…
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