14 passengers injured as automated train in Yokohama travels in wrong direction, crashes into buffer

YOKOHAMA - A probe was launched Sunday into an accident involving an automated train the previous night in Yokohama which left 14 hurt, including six with serious injuries. Officials from the Japan Transport Safety Board began examining the train cars at Shin-Sugita Station on the Kanazawa Seaside Line. Investigators are considering a charge of professional negligence resulting in injuries, police sources said. At 8:15 p.m. on Saturday, an automated train operated by Yokohama Seaside Line Co. traveled in the wrong direction for about 25 meters at a speed of 6 kph. The train had been set to depart the station but instead moved backward and crashed into a buffer at Shin-Sugita Station.