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Deadly train derailment

in Japan

Sunday,

December 25, 2005; Posted: 6:00

p.m. EST (23:00 GMT)

 

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- An express

train derailed Sunday in northern Japan, killing two people and injuring more

than two dozen others, officials said. News reports said a third victim had

died, and strong winds were suspected as a cause of the crash.

National broadcaster NHK and Kyodo News agency reported a

third person -- a man -- had died, and put the toll of injured at 33. NHK said

one person remained trapped in the wreckage and appeared to be unconscious.

Police could not immediately confirm those reports.

Five cars of the six-car express train derailed Sunday

evening, and three of the cars toppled onto their sides in Yamagata state,

about 180 miles north of Tokyo.

…

Japan in recent days has

suffered from unusually heavy snowfall and blizzards have lead to the deaths of

eight people, but snow did not appear to be a factor in Sunday's crash.

NHK footage of the wreckage site showed the train derailed

in a rural area, but there were only patches of snow on the ground.

The train was en route from northern Akita prefecture to Niigata prefecture when it went

off the tracks at about 7:20 p.m.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/25/japan.derailment.ap/index.html

 

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