Mar 14 (Japan Today) - An 11-year-old boy died after being hit by an express train in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, on Saturday.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 4 p.m. near Tsurugashima Station on the Tobu Tojo line, Sankei Shimbun reported. A station employee called 110 and said a train had hit someone.
Police said the train driver told them he saw a boy standing by the side of the tracks as the train approached the station. He said he applied the emergency brake but couldn’t stop in time.
Source: FNNプライムオンライン