Services resume after 1,500 trapped in train near Tokyo

Services resumed Sunday morning after around 1,500 passengers were trapped for nearly two hours in a train on the Tokaido Line the previous night near Tokyo, with some complaining of heatstroke and hyperventilation, after it crashed into a power pole, local authorities said.The driver and three passengers sustained light injuries after the JR train, which was temporarily operating for a fireworks festival, crashed into the pole that was tilting over the tracks, at around 9:45 p.m. Saturday, police and East Japan Railway Co. said.With temperatures soaring across the country, passengers were …READ FULL ARTICLE