Tokyo ? The president of a Japanese railroad is resigning to take responsibility for an April derailment that killed 107 people, the country’s deadliest railway accident in decades, a company spokesman said today.

Takes Kakiuchi’s resignation from West Japan Railway Co. came a day after another fatal derailment by another company within the Japan Railway group. West Japan Railway didn’t immediately say if the latest accident had anything to do with the resignation.

Sunday’s crash in the northern town of Yamagata killed four people and injured 30 others when a six-car express train skidded off its tracks, swept by a sudden gust in a blizzard. The cause of the accident is under investigation. The train was operated by Japan Railroad East Co.

Kakiuchi, 61, will be replaced by the Osaka-based company’s vice president, Masao Yamazaki, West Japan spokesman Makoto Masamoto said.

The crash of the West Japan commuter train on April 25 triggered national concerns about the safety of public transportation and prompted government inspection into the nation’s railway operation.

The crash killed 107 people and injured more than 500 others.