Driver dies in collision with express train at crossing in Japan's Mito; no passengers injured

A destroyed car and an express train are seen after a collision on Friday in Mito. - Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun

MITO, (Japan): The driver of a car died in a collision with an express train at a crossing on the JR Joban Line in Mito on Friday (March 13) morning, with none of the 560 train passengers injured, police said.

According to the Mito branch of East Japan Railways Co., the train involved in the collision was the limited express Hitachi bound for Sendai from Shinagawa.

As a result of the accident, services on the Joban Line between Tomobe and Katsuta stations were suspended. - The Yomiuri Shimbun