A nine-year-old girl died after she was hit by a train in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, on Saturday.
The incident occurred at around 8:50 a.m. on a crossing on the Joshin Electric line, TV Asahi reported. Police said a witness called 119 and said a girl had been hit by a train after walking onto the crossing. There are no gates and no alarms at the crossing. The girl was declared dead at the scene.
The two-car train was on its way from Shimonita to Takasaki, police said.
Police said the girl was with her grandfather walking a dog at the time and she apparently ran ahead of him onto the crossing.
