Train derails in Hyogo prefecture killing at least 49 people

[Mike Cash]

Every day at work, as I observe others driving around me, several times I will remark to myself "There's no shortage of idiots in the world."

Check out this idiot:

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20...00169-mai-soci

[Pachipro]

I was wondering the same thing about the driver, but after watching NHK and reading reports, my husband said that he is still alive and in the hospital?

Does anyone know for sure?

I couldn't find out on any Japanese sites either. However, I did hear on Fox news about 30 min ago that they did find the driver and he was dead. However, he was so badly mangled that they have to do an autopsy to confirm that it is him.

It's also reported that the train was going 108km/hr around that curve when he should've been going 70! A few survivors interviewed said there was no emergency braking before impact.

I just saw that Mike had posted the info while I was typing this.