Overview
- A four-vehicle crash on the Ken-O Expressway near Joso sent eight people to hospital and left one person dead, with police saying a large truck may have rear-ended a passenger car in Thursday’s collision.
- An eight-car rear-end chain on Nakahara Kaido in Yokohama injured five people lightly and was reported to have started when a car hit the tail of congested traffic.
- Police in Yokohama say the driver believed to have caused the pileup abandoned the vehicle and fled, and detectives are actively searching for that person.
- On National Route 19 in Kasugai, Aichi, a reported wrong-way vehicle struck another car in a head-on crash that sent four people to hospital including a woman in her 70s who is suspected to have been driving the wrong way; all were conscious when taken to care.
- Local police and fire departments have transported the injured and are collecting evidence at each scene, and officials warn that findings about congestion, rear-end impacts or wrong-way driving will shape any criminal or civil responsibility.