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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mari Yamaguchi

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

Japan Train Accident - (Kyodo News)

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.

The accident occurred at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, on the Tobu Nikko Line, and involved the Tokyo-bound Spacia express train, the Tochigi prefectural police said.

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