TOKYO (AP) — Police say at least 16 passengers killed in train derailment.
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"16 dead, 180 injured after train derails in Amagasaki"
Monday, April 25, 2005 at 12:03 JST
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "KOBE — At least 16 people died and about 180 others were injured when three train cars on an express train derailed and overturned, and one of them slammed into an apartment building Monday morning in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, government and police officials said.
The accident involving the seven-car express train occurred at around 9:20 a.m. at a railway crossing between Amagasaki and Tsukaguchi stations on JR West's Fukuchiyama Line, which was equipped with a breaker and alarm signals, according to the police."
