Woman Gets Out Of Car At Railway Crossing, Car Hits Train

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Today the news that a car entered into a railway crossing, where it was promptly crushed by a passing train, has shocked 2ch netizens.

The incident occurred when the woman got out of her car — while it was still running — to do something else as she waited for the barriers to come up. The car then moved into the crossing, and collided with a passenger train on the Tobu Tojo line.

Netizens simply can’t believe why the woman would leave her car…

From Yahoo! Japan:

[Railroad Incident] Car Hit After Entering Tobu Tojo Line Railway Crossing; No Casualties

At around 6:50pm on January 29, a local train (10 carriages) bound for Kawagoe from Shin Kiba collided with a compact car that had entered the railway crossing at crossing 143 on the Tobu Tojo line in Fujima, Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture. According to the Kawagoe division of the prefectural police, when the woman who had been driving the car left her vehicle while waiting for the barriers to go up, the car began to move and entered into the crossing. There were no injuries to the woman or to the train passengers. As a result of the incident, the Tobu Tojo line is suspended between Ikebukuro and Ogawamachi.

Pictures from 2ch.net:

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Comments from 2ch.net:

トペ スイシーダ(埼玉県):

Why’d she get out of the car?

エメラルドフロウジョン(禿):

This has to be terrorism.

リキラリアット(茨城県):

I bet she didn’t put the hand break on and just left the car in neutral while she went to a vending machine or something, stupid woman.

ニーリフト(dion軍):

Good job she wasn’t in the car.

ツームストンパイルドライバー(埼玉県):[in response to above]

Better if she had been in the car, stupid cow.

腕ひしぎ十字固め(東日本):

When you get out of the car, make sure you put the car in park.

ハイキック(関東・甲信越):

Thanks to this loser the trains have stopped again.

ドラゴンスープレックス(西日本):

Wonder if this is terrorism against people commuting for work or school w
Glad it’s before entrance exam season starts.

ダブルニードロップ(SB-iPhone):

(´・ω・`)Whaaa? The trains have stopped have they?

稲妻レッグラリアット(福井県):

I just don’t get this.
Well, saying that, people always exceed my expectations.

フライングニールキック(愛知県):

Why did she have to leave the car?

ダブルニードロップ(大阪府):

It’s worrying me what the hell must have been going on in her head to get out of the car while waiting at a train crossing or a signal.
If you were right in the head you wouldn’t even think of doing that.

ショルダーアームブリーカー(新疆ウイグル自治区):

“The car just started moving on its own!!”

デンジャラスバックドロップ(栃木県):

Insurance ain’t gonna pay out for this…

毒霧(家):

The damage compensation for this is gonna be huge.
If she doesn’t have any insurance, her life is over.

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