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Off-duty officer killed, three hurt by Keio train

     One policeman was killed and three others were injured, one critically, after being hit by a Keio Electric Railway Co. commuter train, at Komaba Todaimae Station in Tokyo's Meguro Ward late Sunday night. Police officials said the four were returnin to their dormitory after a drinking party when two of the officers fell from the platform onto the tracks; the two others were struck as they tried to pull them back up. The off-duty officers belong to a riot squad of the Metropolitan Police Department. Senior policeman Shingo Nakamura, 27, was pronounced dead soon after arrival at a nearby hospital, while Tadafumi Ikeda, 25, also a senior policeman, is in critical condition. According to investigations, the men were hit by the Kichijoji-bound train shortly after 11 p.m. when Ikeda and a 23-year-old officer fell onto the tracks and Nakamura and a fourth policeman tried to rescue them. The 23-year-old policeman was seriously injured, while the fourth suffered only minor injuries. The four, were on their way back to their dormitory with two other colleagues after drinking sake at a tavern in Shimokitazawa in Setagaya Ward. The group had gone to the bar after work and were drinking there from about 8 P.M. to 10:40 p.m., investigators said.

Japan Times, April 6, 1999


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