77-year-old woman killed in collision with 5 cars, including tour bus, 13 injured when passenger car drove into oncoming lane - Kanagawa

Around 9 a.m. on the 19th, a passerby called 119 at an intersection in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, saying, ``There was a traffic accident involving a car, a bus, and a taxi.''

According to the prefectural police's Fujisawa Police Station and other sources, five vehicles, including a sightseeing bus, a passenger car, and a taxi, collided. 14 people were taken to the hospital, and the 77-year-old woman in the car died.

Those transported were two people in a car, 11 men and women in their 60s to 80s who were passengers on a bus, and one man in his 20s from another car. Other than the woman who died, the injuries were not life-threatening.

According to the police, a car driven by the deceased woman's husband (77) crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with two vehicles, including a taxi. The driver then entered an intersection with a red light and hit a bus, and the bus was pushed out and hit a one-box car. It is also said that flying debris from the accident hit the light passenger vehicle.

Prefectural police will be questioning the husband, with a view to investigating the possibility of violating the Motor Vehicle Driving Punishment Act (negligent driving resulting in death or injury).

The scene is at a traffic lighted intersection about 200 meters east of Fujisawa-honmachi Station on the Odakyu Enoshima Line.