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Odor reported on train near Tokyo, with one person sent to the hospital

The Japan Times·No Author·6 months ago
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KAWASAKI, KANAGAWA PREF. – Passengers of a train running in Kanagawa Prefecture on Sunday reported a foreign odor, and a woman was sent to the hospital.

At around 4:35 p.m., a fire department received an emergency call reporting that something was sprayed on a train traveling between Yokohama and Kawasaki stations on the Tokaido line.

Officers from the Kanagawa Prefectural Police department and firefighters rushed to Kawasaki Station, and some passengers told them that they smelled a strange odor.

A passenger in her 30s who spoke of problems related to her throat was transported to a hospital in the city of Kawasaki in the prefecture. Her symptom is believed to be mild.

No one saw something sprayed on the train, and no abnormality was found in a gas test by firefighters.…

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