A 35-year-old Japanese man died after being hit by a southbound train at Neili (內壢) train station in Taoyuan County yesterday at 7am, the Railway Police Bureau said yesterday, adding it was uncertain how the man fell onto the tracks.
“We are still investigating whether it was an accident or if he intended to jump. We are not ruling out anything at the moment,” the bureau’s First Section Chief Yan Chia-nan (顏嘉男) said.
Kunimitsu Ando reportedly entered Taiwan via Kaohsiung on Tuesday on a business visa.
Ando’s next of kin have been contacted and are on their way to Taiwan.
Local news reports quoted witnesses as saying Ando jumped down to the tracks shortly before the train arrived at the station. Others said he was trying to catch the incoming train and tried to reach the other platform by crossing the tracks.
The Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) said the southbound Fusing Semi-Express Train No. 101 was delayed for 60 minutes, affecting 13 other services and about 6,800 passengers.
The network was back to a normal service within two hours.
In related news, the TRA confirmed that a woman in Changhua County died after being hit by a train yesterday at around 9:30am. Witnesses said the woman lay down on the tracks in front of a train as it pulled into the station. Police suspect it was a suicide.
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