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Tsurumi rail accident
1963 train accident in Japan
The Tsurumi rail accident (鶴見事故, Tsurumi jiko, or "Tsurumi accident") occurred on November 9, 1963 between Tsurumi and Shin-Koyasu stations on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Yokohama, Japan, about 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of Tokyo, when two passenger trains collided with a derailed freight train, killing 162 people.
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As of 2024, the disaster remains the second deadliest train crash to occur in Japan, behind the Hachikō Line derailment.