Tokyo - A train and a car collided in central Japan on Wednesday, seriously injuring the vehicle's driver, police said.

The minivan had edged on to the tracks at a rail crossing in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, and hit the privately run Sagami Railway train as it was passing by, a Kanagawa prefecture police spokesperson said on condition of anonymity.

The car's driver was seriously injured and was taken to a nearby hospital, he said.

None of the 130 passengers on the eight-carriage train were injured, he said.

The rail crossing's bars were already down at the time of the collision and the cause of the accident was under investigation. The Sagami line suspended service after the crash but its trains started running again about an hour later.
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