Limited-Express Train Kills 4 Railway Workers at Shin-Kanuma Station
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Updated · The Japan Times · Aug 20
Limited-Express Train Kills 4 Railway Workers at Shin-Kanuma Station
3 articles · Updated · The Japan Times · Aug 20
Summary
Four male railway workers in their 50s to 60s were pronounced dead after a six-car Spacia X2 limited-express struck them around 10:45 a.m. at Shin-Kanuma Station in Tochigi.
Tobu Railway said seven workers had been weeding on the tracks when the train, bound from Tobu Nikko to Tobu Asakusa in Tokyo, hit four of them.
Three victims were found on the tracks and one on the platform, while police opened an investigation into how the accident occurred.
About 50 passengers aboard the train were unhurt, but services between Shin-Tochigi and Shimo-Imaichi were suspended and resumed at 3:22 p.m.