犠牲者４２人を追悼　信楽鉄道事故２９年―滋賀

　滋賀県信楽町（現甲賀市）で１９９１年５月、信楽高原鉄道（ＳＫＲ）とＪＲ西日本の列車が正面衝突し、４２人が死亡した事故から２９年を迎えた１４日、現場近くの慰霊碑前で追悼法要が行われた。参列者は６人で、初めて遺族の参加がなかった。
　法要にはＳＫＲの正木仙治郎社長やＪＲ西の長谷川一明社長らが参列。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大の影響で、知事や甲賀市長ら来賓の出席を取りやめたほか、両社の参列者も減らし、時間を１０分程度短縮した。黙とうと献花は行ったが、両社社長による追悼の言葉は、読み上げず慰霊碑の前に供えた。（2020/05/14-11:38）

A memorial ceremony for the 42 people killed in the May 1991 train collision in Shigaraki, now Koka, in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga was held on Thursday, exactly 29 years after the tragedy.
   This year's ceremony, held near the accident site, was attended by only six people. No family members of the victims participated in the annual memorial service for the first time.
   Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the ceremony was shortened by about 10 minutes compared to past years, with the two railway companies that caused the accident sending reduced numbers of officials and the attendance of guests, including the governor of Shiga Prefecture and the mayor of Koka, being canceled.
   Participants, including the two companies' presidents, offered silent prayers and made floral tributes in front of a monument dedicated to the victims.
   Memorial messages by the two presidents were laid in front of the monument, without being read out.