A man died after falling off a train platform in Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Friday night.
According to police, the 57-year-old man had been arguing with a work colleague on the platform at Ryuo Station on the JR Chuo Line at around 8:20 p.m. Fuji TV reported that both men fell off the platform onto the tracks.
No train was due in and both men were helped back up onto the platform. However, one of the men, Noboru Nakamura, sustained severe head injuries and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. His companion suffered a broken shoulder bone, police said.
Police said the two men had been drinking with other work colleagues but did not say what the argument was about.
© Japan Today
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Jack Stern
A bad place to be arguing drunk.
Phil1
I really would like to see the installation of platform gates speeded up. Even on the Yamanote line, the majority of stations still don't have them. I heard recently about an adjustable design that would be feasible for stations like the one mentioned in the article where trains of different configurations probably need to be accommodated.
Mirai Hayashi
LAte fifties and still don't know what theor drinking limit is...sad!
Mocheake
C'mon, they had to be more than just arguing to just suddenly tumble on to the tracks! Methinks some sort of fisticuffs (or what passes for fisticuffs among this set) ensued and then they fell off the platform. Tragic and stupid.
BurakuminDes
Spending billions to install platform barriers is not going to save dopes like these I'm afraid. Getting involved in fistfights in public - at that advanced age and with a colleague no less - is ridiculous. And just 8.20pm....even more crazy.
Scnadal.Lova
How did both men fall?