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1 dead, 33 injured as train derails after hitting truck in Yokohama english.kyodonews.net

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KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 01:33 | All, JapanA truck driver died and 33 people were injured after an express train collided with a truck and derailed Thursday in Yokohama near Tokyo, police and a railway operator said.
June 24, 2001 -- Keifuku trains on the main Echizen Line collide in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, injuring 25 people.
July 18, 2003 -- An express train on Kyushu Railway Co.'s Nagasaki Line derails after hitting a stone in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, and partly overturns, leaving 37 people injured.
Dec. 25 -- An express train on East Japan Railway Co.'s Uetsu Line in Shonai, Yamagata Prefecture, derails and partly rolls over, killing 5 passengers and wounding 33 people.
March 1, 2007 -- A train on Hokkaido Railway Co.'s Sekihoku Line collides with a trailer truck on a railroad crossing in Bihoro and derails, injuring 51 people.