TOKYO, May 13 (Xinhua) — Five individuals have been taken to the hospital Saturday after a automotive plowed right into a grocery store in central Japan, in accordance with native police.
At about 9:45 a.m. native time, a passenger automotive pushed by an 80-year-old man slammed into the entrance of a grocery store in Inazawa of Aichi Prefecture.
Local police reported that every one 5 people injured within the incident have been feminine and aged between 60s and 70s. While one in every of them sustained severe accidents, the remaining 4 suffered solely minor accidents.
The police stated the driving force, who may need mistakenly pressed the gasoline pedal as an alternative of the brake, was not injured within the accident.
Official knowledge confirmed that in 2022, the variety of lethal visitors accidents brought on by drivers aged 75 or over in Japan rose to 379, because the nation faces rising ageing inhabitants challenges.