A car entered the tracks from a railroad crossing and traveled approximately 200 meters toward Fujisawa before colliding with a train, killing a woman in her 80s. Service was suspended between Chogo and Fujisawa stations and resumed after restoration work was completed.
Shortly after 10 p.m. on the 27th, a car collided with a train on the Odakyu Line tracks in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture. The woman in her 80s who was driving the car reportedly died at the scene.
According to police and Odakyu Electric Railway, the car entered the tracks from a railroad crossing near Mutsuai-Nichidaimae Station and traveled approximately 200 meters toward Fujisawa before colliding with a train approaching from behind. No passengers or crew members on the train were injured.
As a result, service was suspended between Chogo and Fujisawa stations on the Odakyu Enoshima Line. Restoration work and safety checks were completed at around 4:30 a.m. on the 28th, and service resumed from the first train.