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Japanese bus driver admits he ‘misjudged speed’ before crash that killed teenaged student
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5/8/2026

Japanese bus driver admits he ‘misjudged speed’ before crash that killed teenaged student

Japanese police have arrested a bus driver on suspicion of negligent driving after a crash on a Fukushima expressway killed a high school student on Wednesday, as investigators look into whether he was speeding and driving without the proper license required to carry passengers for hire. On Friday morning, Fukushima prefectural police searched bus operator Kanbara Tetsudo in Gosen, Niigata prefecture. The arrested driver, Tetsuo Wakayama, 68, told investigators after his arrest on Thursday that...

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