Mikawashima train crash

When

3 May 1962

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

35.73° N, 139.78° E

Description

train wreck

Deaths

160

Injured

358

1962 railway incident in Tokyo, Japan

The Mikawashima train crash was a multiple train crash which occurred on 3 May 1962 near Mikawashima Station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. It involved a freight train and two passenger trains; 160 people were killed.

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