Beberapa penumpang kereta adalah pelajar yang sedang menghadiri perayaan kelulusan pada suatu sekolah tinggi di dekat kota Kitami, dan 25 di antara mereka luka-luka serta dibawa ke rumah sakit, termasuk seorang pelajar putri yang menderita patah tulang, kata petugas sekolah.
Some of the train passengers were students on their way to a graduation ceremony at a high school in the nearby city of Kitami, and 25 of them were injured and taken to hospital, including a girl who suffered a broken bone, the school said.