「年齢不明の女性が新幹線にひかれたようだ」　駅を通過する下りの「のぞみ」号と人が衝突　上下線で約3時間の運転見合わせの影響

On the evening of the 19th, an accident occurred at JR Hamamatsu Station involving a Shinkansen bullet train striking a person. Train service was suspended for approximately three hours before resuming. At around 5:45 PM on the 19th, the fire department received a report from a person at JR Hamamatsu Station stating that "a woman of unknown age appears to have been hit by a Shinkansen." According to JR Central and the police, a southbound "Nozomi" train, which was passing through Hamamatsu Station, struck a person near the platform, and the person was pronounced dead at the scene. The person's gender and age are unknown. No passengers on board were injured. A police officer asked, "Are there any witnesses to the incident?" As a result, the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines were suspended for approximately three hours between Hakata and Tokyo (northbound) and between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka (southbound). Passenger: "I was trying to get back to Tokyo, so this is a problem. I don't have any other options, so I can't stay overnight." Passenger: "It's unavoidable, or rather, I don't know what to do. I could take the local train, but it would take about four hours." JR Central announced that train service would resume approximately three hours later, after police investigations and safety checks on the tracks were completed. #Shinkansen #ServiceSuspension #Accident #HamamatsuStation