OSAKA, May 18 (News On Japan) –
A freeway bus carrying 24 passengers was utterly destroyed by fireplace after crashing into a motorbike that had fallen on the roadway late on May seventeenth alongside the Second Keihan Expressway connecting Osaka and Kyoto, although all passengers and crew escaped safely.
The accident occurred at round 10 p.m. on the Kyoto-bound lanes close to the Kyotanabe Parking Area. According to authorities, the bike had overturned whereas touring on the expressway when the bus collided with it.
Firefighters responding to the scene rescued the male bike rider earlier than the bus all of the sudden caught fireplace and was finally engulfed in flames.
The bus driver and all 24 passengers evacuated safely with out accidents. The bike rider suffered an damage to his left knee and was taken to hospital, however remained aware and isn’t believed to be in life-threatening situation.
The accident briefly compelled the closure of the outbound lanes of the Second Keihan Expressway between the Hirakata Gakkentoshi Interchange and the Yawata-Kyotanabe Junction.
Source: YOMIURI