Four Track Workers Die in Train Accident at Tobu Nikko Line Station
Four workers were killed after being struck by a limited express train while carrying out vegetation-clearing work on the tracks at Shin-Kanuma Station on the Tobu Nikko Line in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, on August 20. (News On Japan)
Four workers met their demise in a tragic train collision at the Tobu Nikko Line station on August 20. The Tobu Railway Spacia X train struck four men who were clearing vegetation from the tracks at Shin-Kanuma Station. The accident unfolded around 10:45 a.m., when the train was preparing to halt at the station. Ten workers were on the tracks at the time, but only four sustained fatal injuries.
The victims, believed to be in their 50s and 60s, were rushed to the hospital but could not be saved. The remaining six workers remained unharmed. Sixty-five passengers and crew members on the train also escaped injury, as the train halted abruptly upon entering the station. A lookout had been stationed at the work site to alert the driver of ongoing work on the tracks, alongside the driver sounding the horn.
Fire department officials stated that the four deceased workers were taken to the hospital unconscious and later pronounced dead. Services on the Tobu Nikko Line resumed at approximately 3:20 p.m., following the arrival of investigators from the Japan Transport Safety Board at the scene shortly after 4:30 p.m.
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