Eight people were sent to hospital after a bus collided with a truck on the Hamamatsu section of the Shin-Tomei Expressway in Japan.

The picture shows the Hamamatsu section of the Shin-Tomei Expressway.

(picture taken from Google Maps)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Japan’s Shin-Tomei Expressway is located in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. A bus collided with a truck at 6:00 am today (4th), causing 8 people to be injured and sent to the hospital. Fortunately, none of them were life-threatening.

According to the "NHK" report, the police said that at the time, the bus was carrying at least 19 people, including the driver, and was about to drive from Hakata District, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture to Shinjuku District, Tokyo. , resulting in damage to the front of the bus.

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In addition to the bus and truck drivers who were sent to the hospital after the accident, six passengers were also treated by the hospital.

The scene of the accident was a 3-lane straight road section, which once caused a large traffic jam. The police are still investigating the cause of the accident.