1 dead, 33 injured as train derails after hitting truck in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA - A truck driver died and 33 people were injured after an express train collided with a truck and derailed Thursday in Yokohama near Tokyo, police and a railway operator said.The train, which usually travels at 120 kilometers per hour in the area, crashed into the 13-ton truck at a crossing on the Keikyu Line around 11:40 a.m., causing the first three carriages of the eight-car passenger train to derail. The truck caught fire.Although the train driver applied the emergency brake before the crash, the truck was dragged 60 to 70 meters upon impact, according to the police and train o…READ FULL ARTICLE