Train hits buffer stop at Shin-Sugita statio­n after travel­ling the wrong way for about 20 metres­TOKYO: Fourteen passengers were injured after a driverless five-car train in suburban Tokyo went in the wrong direction and crashed into a buffer stop, Japanese police said on Sunday. Local media reported that some injuries — the first resulting from an accident involving an automated train in 30 years — appeared to be serious but non-life-threatening. The train hit the buffer stop at Shin-Sugita station after travelling the wrong way for about 20 metres, Akihiko Mikami, president of the train operator, said in a midnight press conference. India train accident injures at least 42The station is a terminal of the self-driving Kanazawa Seaside Line in the port city of Yokohama. Mikami added that the operator has shut down the line and it was uncertain when services would be resumed.

Source: The Express Tribune June 02, 2019 07:31 UTC