High-speed train in Japan kills four railway workers
A high-speed train in Japan struck and killed four railway workers on Thursday as it was pulling into a station, officials said. The workers had been applying weed killer on the tracks.
A fatal accident occurred in Japan on Thursday when a high-speed train struck four railway workers as it was arriving at a station, according to officials.
The four workers were on the tracks applying herbicide to control weeds at the time they were hit by the train. Such maintenance work is typically carried out to keep vegetation from growing along the rail lines and to maintain the railway infrastructure.
All four workers died as a result of the collision. Further details about the exact location, the circumstances of the accident, and any investigation into responsibility were not provided in the available report.
