My Nagoya -> Osaka Shinkansen was delayed by about an hour – very surprising. Many announcements were made; the only notification in English was that a “person-vehicle incident” had occurred to cause a delay.
Is there a way to find out what happened? (How does either a person or a vehicle enter the Shinkansen tracks?) I’ve searched the English-language JR Central site, but couldn’t find more detail.
https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/12un0th/details_of_shinkansen_personvehicle_incident_on/
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Suicide. You are not likely going to receive more information than that, especially in English.
As the other commenter said, most likely suicide. A man in Himeji Station jumped into the railway and got hit by Nozomi around 18:29, disrupting Shinkansen operations. Apparently there are no automated gates on the platforms in the said station.
[Source (JP)](https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/jiken/202304/sp/0016254583.shtml)
Do you mean this one? [https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/jiken/202304/0016254583.shtml](https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/jiken/202304/0016254583.shtml)
The “vehicle” in this context is the shinkansen. People jump into train tracks to commit suicide.
At least they didn’t say “human accident.” I could never figure that one out.
My buddy used to drive transit trains. During training they said he’d most likely experience a suicide and the only thing he should do is close his eyes.