Japan's Tobu Nikko Expressway hits a weeding crew, sending 4 people to hospital and succumbing to serious injuries

When Japan's Tobu Nikko Line Limited Express "Limited Express Spacia X2" entered Shin-Kanuma Station in Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture this morning, it hit four people who were mowing grass on the railway track. The four injured people later died of their injuries when they were sent to the hospital. The police are still investigating the cause of the incident.

Japan's TBS TV station reported that the four deceased were all men in their 50s to 60s. All four were unconscious when they were sent to the hospital and were later pronounced dead.

Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and Fuji News Network (FNN) reported that Tobu Railway Company stated that this limited express train departed from Tobu Nikko Station at 10:20 this morning and is expected to sail to the Asakusa area of ​​Tokyo.

The fire department stated that four workers were weeding on the tracks at Shinkanuma Station. The train was expected to stop at that time, so it slowed down.

One of the passengers recalled, "At that time, an abnormal sound of 'quacking, quack, quack, quack' was heard, and then the train braked suddenly, so hard that the passengers could not stand. An announcement was made in the train, 'To confirm the abnormal sound, we will stop.' Passengers were temporarily unable to leave the train."