Man fatally hit by train while apparently trying to pick up mobile phone from tracks | HDR Japan | Japan News

Advertise

If you want to be one of the first to know when something is published click an RSS feed icon listed below.

HDR Japan Updates
If you want to be one of the first to know when new information and images are published click this RSS feed icon.

Japan News
If you want to be one of the first informed when English news from Japan is published click this RSS feed icon.

Okinawa Travel
If you want to be one of the first to know when a new entry in the Okinawa Travel Guide is published click this RSS feed icon.

Forums
If you would like updates on new forum posts click this RSS feed icon.

SHURI CASTLE
Coming Soon

ZAKIMI CASTLE
Coming Soon

UNGAMI
Coming Soon

OKINAWA EISA
Coming Soon

LANDSCAPES
Coming Soon

NAHA MATSURI
Coming Soon

NAKAMURA
Coming Soon

ASHIBANA
Coming Soon

Random Gallery Images

Man fatally hit by train while apparently trying to pick up mobile phone from tracks

Monday, 09 June 2008

TAKATSUKI, Osaka -- A man died after being hit by a train at a railway station here while apparently trying to pick up his mobile phone from the tracks, police said.

At around 11:35 p.m. on Sunday, the driver of a rapid service train bound for Maibara from Himeji spotted a man on the tracks of the JR Tokaido Line at Takatsuki Station, and applied the emergency brakes, local police said. The train came to a half after hitting the man.

The man was rushed to a hospital where he died shortly afterwards. He has been identified as Tetsuo Goto, 59, a company executive from Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Prefecture.

Goto's mobile phone was found on the tracks and the train driver said the man appeared to be searching for something on the tracks.

Investigators suspect that Goto jumped onto the tracks from the platform in a bid to pick up his mobile phone that he had accidentally dropped.

Copyright 2005-2006 THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS. All rights reserved. Mainichi features the best news in Japan, current news in Japan, Japan news in English, Japan business news, Tokyo Japan news, and Japan entertainment news. Mainichi News is syndicated in accordance with editorial regulations: personal and noncommercial purposes.