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Article: Train Derails in Western Japan, Killing 37
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- April 25, 2005
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MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
04-25-2005
Dateline: TOKYO
A commuter train is seen derailed in Amagasaki, western Japan Monday, April 25, 2005. The seven-car commuter train derailed after colliding with a car at a railway crossing in western Japan, leaving several passengers injured, according to police and news reports. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
A crowded commuter train derailed and plowed into an apartment building in western Japan on Monday, turning passenger cars into twisted clumps of metal. At least 37 people were killed and some 200 injured, officials said.
The seven-car commuter train operated by West Japan Railway Co. also hit an automobile at the crossing near ...
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