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Electrocuted slug blamed for stopping Japanese trains

FILE PHOTO: An electrocuted slug is to blame for stopping 30 trains and delaying about 12,000 passengers last month, officials said. (Photo: Jared Leone)
FILE PHOTO: An electrocuted slug is to blame for stopping 30 trains and delaying about 12,000 passengers last month, officials said. (Photo: Jared Leone)
By Jared Leone, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
June 23, 2019

An electrocuted slug is to blame for stopping 30 trains and impacting about 12,000 passengers last month, officials said.

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Japan Railways officials found the slug's remains in equipment near tracks at a station on the island of Kyushuthe BBC reported.

The slug slithered through a small gap and got into a load disconnector, the BBC reported.

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