Five individuals died Sunday in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Hokkaido, which police imagine occurred after the 4-ton truck strayed into oncoming site visitors.
Following the crash at round 11:55 a.m. on a gradual curve on Route 5 in Yakumo in southern Hokkaido, the male drivers of each autos had been confirmed lifeless, together with three on board the bus. Twelve different passengers had been taken to the hospital.
The bus left Sapporo earlier within the morning, heading southward to Hakodate with 15 passengers on board on the time of the accident, in line with the bus operator, Hokuto Kotsu Inc.
【大型トラック、対向車線にはみ出したか 高速バスと正面衝突で計5人死亡】https://t.co/6kiuRuIpec
北海道八雲町の現場は見通しの良い片側1車線の緩やかなカーブ。バスの乗客は「急ブレーキ踏んだのかなと思った。頭ガンって打ったんで。衝撃は結構すごかった」と話しました。#日テレNEWS #北海道 pic.twitter.com/w0xF7aUNZe
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The entrance a part of the truck was smashed, and the realm across the driver’s seat of the bus was additionally closely broken, together with its dashboard digicam.
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