Young woman commits suicide by walking in front of train at Ikebukuro Station

A female college student apparently committed suicide by walking in front of a train at JR Ikebukuro Station early Friday morning, police said.

According to police, the 22-year-old woman walked onto the outbound train tracks at the station at around 4:50 a.m. on Friday, where she was hit by an oncoming train.

The accident delayed inbound train services on the JR Yamanote Line for about 30 minutes, while outbound train services were resumed as late as about four hours and 20 minutes later, at 9:13 a.m. Around 105,000 rush hour commuters were affected.

(Mainichi - August 8th 2008)