Four Killed, 30 Injured as Express Train Derails
An express train traveling through strong winter winds derailed in northern Japan, killing four people and injuring more than 30, officials said.
Five cars of the six-car train derailed and three toppled onto their sides in Yamagata prefecture, about 180 miles north of Tokyo, officials said.
The dead were two men and two women, officials said. Transport Ministry official Hiromi Mishima said it was not known what caused the derailment. Railway operator JR East Co. President Mutsutake Otsuka apologized at a news conference and promised an investigation.
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