Sad story. An elderly blind couple walked off the train tracks and got hit by an oncoming train. Apparently they thought that they heard the train they wanted to catch stop there--but it was actually on the other side. The husband, 70-year old Hiroyoshi Esaka, is in critical condition at the hospital. His wife, Sachiko is conscious but seriously injured.
The two were holding hands, unusual for an old Japanese couple, as they walked straight into their tragic accident.
Here's a pic of the station in Osaka where the accident occurred. The yellow bumpies are supposed to guide blind people and show them where the platform ends, but it doesn't help identify the sound of one train from another.
Accident? Or maybe they were hxc fans of suicide circle.
Posted by: Joey_v | May 01, 2007 at 03:22 PM