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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an incident on Friday afternoon in which an 11-year-old boy was hit by a train and killed at a railway crossing in Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.
TBS quoted police as saying that the boy, who has been identified as Tsubasa, Nakajima, was riding his bike across a 2-meter-wide portion of track at which there is no gate or alarm, when he was hit by a three-car train at 4:30 p.m.
© Japan Today
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Elbuda Mexicano
Very, very sad!! RIP
nandakandamanda
Children are said to have narrower peripheral vision than adults, at least according to the police and driver's licensing authorities here. (Had my licence renewed yesterday). Poor little guy.
Elbuda Mexicano
Poor kid! On a bicycle in the middle of no where Saitama!!
keika1628
Saitama is a bed town prefecture to Tokyo . A little late but we should have at least a barrier lift on both sides of the track in these small lane cut aways .
LiveInTokyo
No gate and no alarm at that particular place? An accident in the making.
Chinchan Zu
trains give off sound you cant miss it. i live 10 minutes away from station and i can hear when a train passes
darknuts
It should be mandatory for all train crossings to have at least an alarm. Especially if you can't see the train coming a ways off.
hoserfella
good probability he was wearing headphones
gjn48kawaii
This hits close to home. Hopefully not on my home.