Hokkaido [Japan], June 19 (ANI): At least 5 individuals died within the collision between a bus and a truck on a nationwide street in a city of Japan’s Hokkaido, on Sunday, JT reported.
Among the 5 have been the drivers of each the bus and the truck in addition to passengers on the bus.
The intercity freeway bus was carrying 15 passengers and the driving force from Sapporo to a scorching spring resort within the metropolis of Hakodate, in line with its operator. All have been taken to a hospital, in line with JT.
Following the crash at round 11:55 a.m. on a sluggish curve on Route 5 in Yakumo in southern Hokkaido, the male drivers of each autos have been confirmed useless, together with three on board the bus. Twelve different passengers have been taken to the hospital, The Mainichi reported.
The Mainichi Shimbun is among the main newspapers in Japan.
The Sapporo-based firm recognized the bus driver as Takayuki Kozen, 64, with 15 years of bus driving expertise. The firm stated he had by no means prompted a serious accident and had been off the earlier two days.
The truck driver, 65, was skilled, stated the truck proprietor, Nippon Clean Farm Ltd., including the car was carrying pigs from round Hakodate to a slaughterhouse in Yakumo, as per The Mainichi. (ANI)