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Wheelchair User Dies After Being Hit by a Train at a Railroad Crossing on the Jr Nippo Line in Beppu City (Kyodo News)

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At around 8:40 pm on the 1st, a call was made to 110 reporting that a train had collided with a person at a railroad crossing on the JR Nippo Line in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture. According to Beppu Police Station, a man in a wheelchair was killed when the train collided with a two-car local train bound for Kozaki from Kamekawa. No injuries were confirmed among the approximately 10 passengers and crew.
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At around 8:40 pm on the 1st, a call was made to 110 reporting that a train had collided with a person at a JR railway crossing in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture. According to the prefectural police, one person was confirmed dead after the collision with the train. The prefectural police are investigating, believing that the person was likely a wheelchair user.

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熊本日日新聞社 broke the news in on Monday, December 1, 2025.
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