4 workers die after being hit by express train north of Tokyo

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Four workers died Thursday after being hit by an express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, police said.

The four men, in their 50s and 60s, were on the tracks removing weeds when the accident occurred at around 10:45 a.m. at Shin-Kanuma Station on the Tobu Nikko Line, according to the police and train operator Tobu Railway Co. None of the crew or passengers was injured.