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[Accident] Female student in wheelchair hit by train at railroad crossing, suffers broken elbow… Emergency brakes were not enough (Hakata Ward)


1 Name: Unknown Japuzz Watcher: 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:08:57.45 ID:5n8hwI6A9.net

A female student in a wheelchair was hit by a train at a JR railroad crossing in Fukuoka, suffering a broken elbow… Emergency brakes were not enough (Yomiuri Shimbun Online) #YahooNews




Around 9:00 PM on the 28th, a 16-year-old female student from Munakata City, Fukuoka Prefecture, who was in a wheelchair, was struck by a local train (9 cars) traveling from Hainuzuka to Hakata at the Heiwa-cho No. 2 railroad crossing (equipped with alarms and barriers) near JR Takeshita Station in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City. According to the Hakata Police Station, the student suffered injuries including a broken right elbow, but her life is not in danger.

According to the report, the train driver noticed her about 150 meters before the crossing and applied the emergency brakes, but was unable to stop in time, striking the right side of the wheelchair. The accident occurred between JR Kagoshima Line’s Hakata and Takeshita stations, about 500 meters northwest of Takeshita Station. The crossing is approximately 30 meters long, and it appears the student was just about to finish crossing it.

Source:
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20260629-GYT1T00188/



6: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:12:47.29 ID:xkRh/u2a0
Did the wheels get stuck in the tracks?
7: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:12:47.89 ID:nxFQm2na0
What about the compensation?
8: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:13:15.46 ID:G0M0dQ8B0
Talk about a narrow escape from death.
9: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:13:36.89 ID:h9NoLvEj0
>Heiwa-cho No. 2 crossing
It’s scary for someone in a wheelchair to cross such a long distance alone.
11: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:14:20.22 ID:r2/cDEdx0
Wonder if the wheelchair went spinning around.
12: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:14:33.34 ID:Rm7ekcOM0
Did the alarm start ringing while she was crossing, and she couldn’t make it across before the gates came down?
18: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:18:51.32 ID:2X7Wx2ol0
A 30-meter crossing is pretty wide.
How many tracks are there?
19: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:19:01.77 ID:Jjn6L2w60
I hate to say it, but that’s way too reckless.
22: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:21:58.46 ID:gsLtwR140
Hopefully this wasn’t a suicide attempt…
24: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:23:24.91 ID:JFFr2I/50
Back in the day, you guys would have stopped a train head-on to save a puppy…
32: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:30:13.07 ID:uQe2kHlQ0
Were there no other people or cars around?
If there were, everyone would have helped.
35: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:32:31.34 ID:8EiN9BuR0
It’s sad that this will end up being considered her negligence.
Especially after suffering a fracture.
36: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:32:34.25 ID:0hVJec/G0
9 PM, huh.
I really don’t want to run into something like this.
If you want to commit suicide, please do it somewhere without other people.
37: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:32:48.45 ID:rXBMJtSC0
Trains have never managed to stop in time once they hit the brakes.
38: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:33:47.80 ID:Ub8PlJDs0
Did no one help her out?
What a harsh world we live in.
40: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:35:29.71 ID:kAhisTV60
Given the time and her age, it really looks like a suicide attempt…
41: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:35:45.94 ID:ba2RzZTn0
If it’s going to cause this much trouble, she should have had a caretaker with her.
44: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:38:35.45 ID:DttH3aO80
If it was suicide, she should reconsider her choices since she survived.
45: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:38:41.53 ID:ohrJVwyz0
It takes strength to get out if you get stuck in the gaps, it’s impossible for the elderly, etc.
46: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:39:10.04 ID:hKjtOFAt0
30m is long.
If it closes again right after opening, there’s nothing you can do.
49: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:40:07.52 ID:XXcW2SZa0
Looking at the photos of the crossing, the road and tracks intersect diagonally.
The wheelchair wheels are definitely going to get stuck.
Lucky to have walked away with just a fracture.
50: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:40:40.94 ID:mSlibEv00
Surprised she’s alive.
51: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:40:49.16 ID:Lmj8LyhK0
Tough girl.
53: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:44:49.03 ID:QaCR1OFk0
If they couldn’t stop from 150m out, there was nothing they could do.
If it’s 30m long, were there no evacuation spaces in between?
54: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:46:24.50 ID:v03czl+R0
Aren’t trains automated these days?
I thought humans were just there to assist.
55: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:48:14.40 ID:XXcW2SZa0
>>54
Railroad crossings are one of the reasons why they can’t be fully automated.
They still can’t judge if something is on the tracks or not.
57: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:51:26.32 ID:TMYcEXsS0
Couldn’t she make it across?
No one around to help?
62: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 16:56:58.42 ID:xkh9GPTy0
Depending on the place, the time between the alarm sounding and the bar lowering is ridiculously short.
66: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 17:04:58.84 ID:ivPvrgpg0
Legs are amazing.
67: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 17:06:44.62 ID:ld7V6RTs0
Maybe she misjudged the timing and didn’t have enough time to cross.
68: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 17:06:44.90 ID:5Kkao1Hi0
It’s the railway company’s fault for not banning wheelchairs from crossings.
69: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 17:08:46.70 ID:OPQm4OYa0
Don’t get too close to wheelchairs.
That’s how you live a peaceful life in Japan.
72: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 17:29:26.71 ID:M71Jk6hN0
Diagonal crossings are really dangerous.
Crossing 30 meters in a wheelchair is a life-or-death situation.
76: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 17:40:58.55 ID:KRXKLvLM0
That’s the station just south of Hakata Station, right?
77: Unknown Japuzz Watcher 2026/06/29(Mon) 17:42:09.05 ID:jPhfL9Tg0
That driver is amazing, he was really paying attention.




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