Hong Kong Woman Dies in Japan Car Crash, Five Injured
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- A 53-year-old Hong Kong woman died and five others were injured in a head-on car crash in Furano, Japan, involving a rental car carrying a Hong Kong family and another vehicle with Japanese nationals.
- Police are investigating why the rental car crossed into oncoming traffic.
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A Hong Kong family was involved in a head-on car crash in Furano, Japan, resulting in one death and five injuries, marking the second such incident involving Hong Kong residents in Hokkaido within a week.
A 53-year-old Hong Kong woman died and five others were injured in a head-on car crash in Japan on Monday, in the second traffic accident involving city residents in Hokkaido prefecture in less than a week.
Japanese news outlets reported that a rental car carrying a family of four from Hong Kong crossed into the opposite lane on National Route 38 in Furano and collided with another vehicle carrying two Japanese nationals at around 3.30pm local time.
The woman was sitting in the front passenger seat, and her 52-year-old husband was driving. Their two teenage daughters were sitting in the back.
The Japanese couple in the other car, a man and a woman in their twenties, also sustained injuries.
Local police are investigating why the rental car crossed into oncoming traffic.
The crash occurred along a route that connects the cities of Takikawa, Akabira and Furano, popular with tourists.
The Immigration Department said it had reached out to the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong and the Chinese consulate general in Sapporo after receiving a request for help.
أسئلة مفتوحة
- Why did the rental car cross into oncoming traffic?
- What are the specific conditions of the injured?
