TOKYO, May 22 (Xinhua) -- A man was killed and two other passengers were injured after a local train's window was shattered by a pipe-frame structure blown by strong winds in central Japan on Wednesday, local media reported.
The incident occurred around 5:50 p.m. local time on a Nagano Electric Railway train running in Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture. The police identified the 56-year-old victim who died as Yuji Kurihara, a resident of the city of Nagano, Kyodo News reported.
The object struck the first of the train's three carriages, the report said.
The train service resumed at 7 p.m. local time, it added.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, a tornado warning was in effect in Suzuka City and nearby areas on Wednesday afternoon. ■
