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Minicar-train collision kills woman

KANAZAWA, Ishikawa Pref. (Kyodo) A woman was killed Saturday morning when her minivehicle collided with a train at a crossing on the JR Hokuriku Line in Kanazawa, police said. Read the full story . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Sun, Mar 09 2008

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