Four workers hit and killed by train in Japan
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- South China Morning Postseen 20 Aug, 13:54description edited
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Four workers died on Thursday after being hit by an express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, police said. The four men were on the tracks to remove weeds when the accident took place at around 10.45am local time at Shin-Kanuma Station on the Tobu Nikko Line, according to the police and the train operator. No crew or passengers were injured. A total of seven workers were engaged in weeding work, including the four who lost their lives. The other three were uninjured,...Four workers died on Thursday after being hit by an express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, police said. The four men, in their 50s and 60s, were on the tracks removing weeds when the accident took place at around 10.45am local time at Shin-Kanuma Station on the Tobu Nikko Line, according to the police and the train operator. None of the crew or passengers was injured. A total of seven workers were engaged in weeding work, including the four who lost their lives. The...
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Thu, 20 August 2026
8 reports- Channel News Asia04:32first to report
The incident involving four workers took place at Shin-Kanuma Station north of Tokyo, the fire department said.
- BBC News World06:02
The train collided with the four men at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, authorities say.
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- yahoo.com20 Aug, 14:30their copy
- Japan Times06:59
The men, in their 50s and 60s, had been performing weeding on railroad tracks.
- Index.hr (Croatia)07:18
ČETIRI radnika poginula su u naletu vlaka sjeverno od Tokija dok su radili na pruzi.
- Polsat News (Poland)08:43
Do śmiertelnego wypadku doszło na torach kolejowych w Japonii. Czterech pracowników zostało potrąconych przez ekspresowy pociąg. Mężczyźni usuwali chwasty w pobliżu torów - ciężko ranni trafili do szpitala, gdzie zmarli. Przyczyny tragedii będzie wyjaśniała specjalna komisja.
- South China Morning Post09:02edited after publishing
Four workers died on Thursday after being hit by an express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, police said. The four men, in their 50s and 60s, were on the tracks removing weeds when the accident took place at around 10.45am local time at Shin-Kanuma Station on the Tobu Nikko Line, according to the police and the train operator. None of the crew or passengers was injured. A total of seven workers were engaged in weeding work, including the four who lost their lives. The...
- Euronews13:10
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.
- Al Jazeera English20:27
Four railway workers spraying herbicide on tracks north of Tokyo were killed by an express train.
Fri, 21 August 2026
2 reports- Times of India02:01
- Japan Times02:26
The men, in their 50s and 60s, had been performing weeding on railroad tracks.
Thu, 27 August 2026
1 report- Japan Times01:47
The accident, which saw four workers killed, occurred at Shin-Kanuma Station on Tobu Railway's Nikko Line at around 10:45 a.m. on Aug. 20.