Originally Posted by
jib71
As far as Shinkansen is concerned, there has been [one] fatal accident involving the doors closing on a passenger.
Originally Posted by
Kagehitokiri
while attempting to jump aboard the train as the doors were about to close, his finger got caught in a door. He was dragged for about 150 meters and was dead when he fell onto the tracks. The accident was the first passenger death since shinkansen services began in 1964
after the investigation they made changes to procedures including platform staff procedures.