Four workers dead after being hit by train in Japan

Railway officials said it was unclear why the workers did not leave the site when the train was approaching, or what the lookout people were doing.

Four railway workers spraying herbicide on tracks north of Tokyo were killed by an express train.

Incident occurred at Shin-Kanuma Station north of Tokyo; workers reportedly had no vital signs

The train collided with the four men at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, authorities say.