I heard of people attempting suicide by jumping off train platform, but this is the first time I heard someone getting killed because they were fighting on the train platform. In Kanagawa Prefecture, two men were fatally hit by a speeding train while allegedly fighting on a railway station platform..
The two were reportedly scuffling with one another on a platform at JR Ofuna Station in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, when they were hit by a Tokaido Line rapid service train for Odawara at around 10:35 p.m.
They suffered serious head injuries and died shortly afterwards. Police are trying to confirm the identity of the victims, who are believed to be Tetsuichiro Sekiguchi, 42, a resident of Yokohama, and Yuji Aoyagi, 52, a resident of Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture.
The fight started on another train stopped on the other side of the platform, an eyewitness said.
Due to the incident, westbound trains on the Tokaido Line were suspended for about 45 minutes, and 16 trains, including those of the Keihin-Tohoku Line, were delayed by up to 50 minutes, affecting some 22,000 passengers.
Source: Mainichi Japan
Quite a sad story, no fight is worth losing one’s life. But then again, if anyone stole my precious figures, I would have to fight it out with them RAWR!
I dont really get it, did they fall onto the track or did a train somehow hit their heads while they were on the platform? just seems like they would have died instantly if a train hit em in the head. Its got me wondering what the fight was all about as well, something trivial no doubt
Sad story!
I hope they learned something from it!
@ Foki:
“Sad story, I hope they learned something from it!”
hahahaahahhaa
Yea, here’s an idea, lets have a fight on a train platform, where vehicles are traveling by at fast speeds.
Must be horrible to witness something like that.. but I really wonder what the fight was about.