77-year-old woman killed in four-vehicle collision, including tour bus, 13 injured, passenger car entering oncoming lane - Fujisawa, 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 city fire department and other sources, 14 people were taken to the hospital in the accident, which involved at least four vehicles, including a tour bus, a passenger car, and a taxi. A 77-year-old woman who was riding in the car died.

Those transported were two people in the car, 11 men and women in their 60s to 80s who were on the bus, and one man in his 20s from another car. Other than the woman who died, the injuries to the 13 other people were not life-threatening.

A car entered the oncoming lane and collided with multiple vehicles, including a taxi. It appears that the vehicle entered an intersection and collided with a bus, and prefectural police are currently investigating the situation.

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