6-year-old girl dies after being hit by train in Hyogo

Friday 09th October, 11:20 AM JST

HYOGO —

A 6-year-old girl died Thursday afternoon after being hit by a train at a railroad crossing in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture.

According to police, Wakana Ashitate was hit by an Imazu Line local train heading south toward Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi station at a crossing that had a gate and signal. About 30 meters before the crossing, the driver of the train spotted Wakana cross under the gate and onto the tracks. He applied the brakes, but the train couldn’t stop in time.

Police say Wakana and her 7-year-old brother were playing near the crossing, and that she wandered onto the tracks after the northbound train passed by.

bgaudry at 08:47 AM JST - 10th October

That's why it's considered "Child Endangerment" to leave kids unsupervised, even in your own home.

Japan is not America!

mindovermatter at 11:30 PM JST - 11th October

Japan is not America!

No, the people are not American...

You can say thank you for your freedom, only by the grace of my forefathers, who gave you the right to be free... So enjoy it, but don't take it for granted, because too many GOOD American's died to give you that freedom, and not 40 years of Slavery and brutality as you should have expected, the way in which you treated other Asian countries...

I'd say you have a hell of a lot to be thankful for, and very very little to bitch about other than your own lack of common-sense, good-judgment, and lack of real history and facts surrounding Japan, what Japan REALLY did and what they should have done...

So be thankful, and be silent young man....