Probe continues after express train running at 50 kph kills 4 workers

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Train operator Tobu Railway Co. said Friday the express train that hit and killed four workers removing weeds on the trac

4 workers killed after train hits track workers in JapanFour workers carrying out weed-control work on a railway track in Japan were killed after they were struck by an express train as it entered Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo.The collision occurred around 10.46 am (local time) on Thursday while the workers were

Express train hits and kills 4 workers at a railway station in Japan  AP News

Four railway workers spraying herbicide on tracks north of Tokyo were killed by an express train.

Railway officials said it was unclear why the workers did not leave the site when the train was approaching, or what the lookout people were doing.

TOKYO (AP) — Four people doing weed control work on a railway track in Japan died after being hit by an express train as it entered a station while they were still working there on Thursday, officials said.

Four people working on a railway track in Japan died after an express train hit them

Four people working on a railway track in Japan died after an express train hit them

The men, in their 50s and 60s, had been performing weeding on railroad tracks.

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