On the afternoon of the 12th, an 11-year-old elementary school boy was hit by an express train on the Tobu-Tojo Line and died in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture.
After 4 pm on the 12th, an 11-year-old elementary school boy living in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, was hit by an express train going up the Tobu-Tojo Line and was taken to a hospital, but died about two and a half hours later. did.
There were no injuries to the express train passengers and crew.
According to police, the site is on a railroad track that runs through a residential area about 600 meters southeast of Tsurugashima Station on the Tobu-Tojo Line, and fences are installed on both sides of the railroad track, but some are high enough for children to overcome. That is.
According to the police investigation, the train driver said, "I noticed the boy standing right next to the railroad track and applied the brakes, but I couldn't make it in time."
Police are investigating the details of how the boy entered the railroad tracks.