Tobu Tojo Line

A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of throwing an abandoned shopping cart into a level crossing on the Tobu Tojo Line in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, disrupting train operations. Police said the man told them he may have been drunk at the time. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the incident, which raised safety concerns on the busy commuter line.

Tokyo police have arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of throwing a shopping cart onto the tracks at a railway crossing on the Tobu Tojo Line in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, and leaving it there. The act endangered train operations on the busy commuter line. The man reportedly told investigators he may have been drunk at the time. The incident has drawn attention to risks posed to train services from objects left on crossings.