Middle 1 boy student died after being hit by a train Possibility of suicide Chiba Nagareyama September 16 17:38
On the morning of the 16th, at a railroad crossing on the Tobu Noda Line in Nagareyama City, Chiba Prefecture, a boy in the first year of junior high school was hit by a train and died.
The police are investigating the detailed situation, considering that there is a possibility of suicide based on the situation at the scene.
Around 8:10 am on the 16th, a station employee reported to the police that "a person and a train collided" at the railroad crossing between Unga Station and Edogawadai Station on the Tobu Noda Line in Higashifukai, Nagareyama City.
According to police and the Nagareyama City Board of Education, the train hit a first-year junior high school boy in Nagareyama City who was taken to a hospital but died about three hours later.
The student wore something like a white T-shirt and shorts in gym clothes, and had a student notebook in his bag.
According to the investigation so far, the train driver said that "a person opened the railroad crossing barrier and entered inside", and the police said that there is a possibility of suicide due to the situation at the scene etc. I am investigating the detailed situation.
The Nagareyama City Board of Education says, "We will respond based on the police investigation situation and the intentions of the bereaved family."