New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- An express train entering a station in Japan hit and killed four people who were doing weed control work on a railway track Thursday, officials said.

The accident occurred at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, on the Tobu Nikko Line, and involved the Tokyo-bound Spacia express train, the Tochigi prefectural police said.

The four - three workers and a supervisor - were rushed to a hospital but later pronounced dead, according to police and train operator Tobu Railway Co.

Six other people at the site - two other workers, three on lookout duty and an on-site supervisor - were safe, Tobu Railway said. The group had been assigned to spray herbicide. About 50 passengers on the train were also uninjured.

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