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Keikyu Line services resume 2 days after fatal accident in Yokohama english.kyodonews.net

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KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 20:35 | All, JapanThe operator of the Keikyu Line resumed full train services Saturday afternoon in Yokohama two days after a train hit a delivery truck stuck at a railway crossing, leaving one person dead and 35 others injured.
The suspension of train services affected about 630,000 people, according to Keikyu.
The accident occurred around 11:40 a.m. Thursday when the truck became stuck at a railway crossing near Kanagawa-Shimmachi Station and was hit by the eight-car express train, causing the first three cars to derail and killing the truck driver.
The express train from Aoto in Tokyo to Misakiguchi in Kanagawa Prefecture was carrying about 500 passengers at the time of the accident.
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