On the 18th, an intercity freeway bus heading from Sapporo to Hakodate collided with a truck on a nationwide freeway in Yakumo Town, Hokkaido, killing 5 folks on the bus. We are investigating this because the trigger.
Around midday on the 18th, an intercity freeway bus carrying 15 passengers and a truck carrying livestock pigs collided head-on on National Route 5 in Noda, Yakumo-cho, and the passengers of the bus and the drivers of each side have been concerned. All 17 folks have been taken to hospital.
According to the police, those that have been on the bus as passengers have been Yuya Wakasaki (33), a neighborhood authorities worker from Asahi-cho, Hakodate, Shinobu Takashimizu (57), a part-time worker from Shikabe-cho, and Takahashi from Kiyota-ku, Sapporo. In addition to Hiromi (55), the bus driver Takayuki Kozen (64) from Kiyota Ward, Sapporo, and Makoto Kajitani (65), an organization worker from Morimachi who was driving the truck, have been 5 folks in whole. has died.
In addition, among the many different passengers on the bus, a lady in her 80s was hospitalized with a critical neck harm, however the remaining 11 folks have minor accidents.
The accident occurred on the inter-city freeway bus “Kosoku Hakodate” heading from Sapporo to Hakodate. was working