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An 11-year-old girl died after she was hit by a train at a crossing in Satsumasendai in Kagoshima Prefecture.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 3:40 p.m. Monday. TBS quoted police as saying that the girl, identified as Natsumi Hidaka, had told her parents that she was going to the school library when she left home.
The driver of the train on the JR Kagoshima Main Line told police he saw the girl walk onto the tracks. He applied the emergency brake but could not stop in time, police said.
Hidaka was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Police said the girl had left her bicycle in front of the crossing gate which had lowered, and are trying to determine why she went onto the tracks.
© Japan Today
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sensei258
Sadly, it sounds like a suicide. Hard to believe at 11 years old.
mabotofu
Did she drop something which she went to pick up? I've seen people are very irresponsible at times around train crossings with bicycles, scooters and people rushing in while gates are closing. Some people even go and lift up the gates by hand giving no regard to safety. These people are not only putting their own life in danger, they are also setting up bad example for the children around who might just pick up on their habits..
Sigh.. RIP little girl.