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Wild boar blamed for train crash in Japan, 70 injured

A wild boar is being blamed for a train crash which has injured 70 people on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu.

A local commuter train stopped after hitting the boar, stranding the train between two stations in Fukuoka Prefecture.

An express train on the same line then rammed into the commuter train.

Five people are said to be in a serious condition.

24/02/2002 12:45:48 | ABC Radio Australia News

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