1 dead, 30 hurt in Tokyo train, truck collision

An express train travelling at around 120 kilometres per hour smashed into a truck at a crossing south of Tokyo yesterday, sparking a blaze and killing the truck's driver with around 30 others injured. The crash derailed the train's front carriage and pinned the truck to a wall, as it burst into flames, spewing black smoke into the air and its cargo of citrus fruit onto the tracks. The local police confirmed it was the truck driver who was killed.