The government has instructed West Japan Railway Co to investigate why a driver of one of its bullet trains that hit and killed a man did not report any abnormal sound at the time, the transport minister said Friday. "I have ordered JR West to study why the driver
The government has instructed West Japan Railway Co to investigate why a driver of one of its bullet trains that hit and killed a man did not report any abnormal sound at the time, the transport minister said Friday.
“I have ordered JR West to study why the driver did not make a report and whether that was an appropriate decision or not,” Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii said.
“I sincerely apologize for the disruption to transportation and inconvenience caused to over 40,000 customers,” said JR West Vice President Yoshihisa Hirano at a press conference on Friday, acknowledging that the driver forgot or misunderstood his duty to report a strange noise.
A Nozomi shinkansen train bound for Tokyo hit a man, identified as a 52-year-old caregiver from Fukuoka Prefecture, between Hakata and Kokura stations in the southwestern Japanese prefecture at around 2 p.
