YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Services on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line were temporarily suspended Tuesday after the Nozomi No. 249 hit and killed a woman who jumped onto the tracks at Odawara Station in Kanagawa Prefecture, police and railway officials said.
The woman reportedly reached the tracks from the southbound platform of Odawara Station at around 3:55 p.m. and was hit by the train traveling from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka.
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