Dozens injured as train collides with truck in Japan's Yokohama

TOKYO, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of people are believed to have been injured after a train collided with a truck in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Thursday.

According to rescue officials, as many as 30 people are feared to have been injured in the collision that occurred on a crossing on the Keikyu Line between Kanagawa-Shimmachi and Nakakido stations, in Yokohama.

The collision caused the first carriage of the train to derail and the truck to burst into flames, rescue officials said.