An express train hits and kills four workers in Japan at a railway station as it enters the stop, officials say. The victims are working on the track at the time of the incident and die from the crash.
The reports describe the workers as conducting maintenance and weed control activity on the railway line north of Tokyo. An outlet citing AP says the workers are still on the track when the train arrives, indicating they are struck during their work.
Coverage is broadly consistent on the number of dead and the location and type of activity. Differences are limited to phrasing and level of detail, including how outlets describe the station area and the nature of the maintenance work, but all frame the deaths as resulting from the express train hitting the workers while they are working on the tracks.
