Tank lorry thrusts 7 people dead and wounded "I didn't look before" December 11th 11:51
Before dawn on 11th, a tank lorry crashed into a national road construction site in Chiba, and seven people were killed or injured. After the tank lorry hit a security guard in front of the construction site, a work that was near a construction-related vehicle It was found through interviews with the police that members were also involved. In response to the investigation, the arrested driver stated that he was “not looking at the front”.
After 2 o'clock on the 11th, a tank lorry rushed into the sewer construction site that was being carried out on National Route 357, Miyuki-ku, Mihama-ku, Chiba.
In this accident, a man in his fifties and a man in his forties were killed, and five others were injured and received treatment at the hospital.
Police arrested Naoki Kondo (43), a transportation business in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, who was driving a tanker truck, on the spot for suspected accidental driving injury.
At the site, sewerage work has been carried out in the middle of the three lanes on one side of the lane on the 10th night. According to the police, the tank truck hit the two security guards in front of the construction site, and then the construction vehicle. It means that five other workers were involved in the collision.
In response to the survey so far, Suspect Kondo stated that he was operating the equipment in the car and was not looking at the front.
In the future, the police will switch the suspect to accidental driving lethal injury and investigate the situation of the accident in detail.
Tanker truck on the way to Fukushima Prefecture from the workplace
According to Mr. Kondo's work place, Mr. Kondo was leaving the workplace in Ichihara City, Chiba on the way to Fukushima Prefecture around 1:50 am on the 11th.
In the call before departure, we confirmed that the exhaled breath did not contain alcohol and the health condition, but there was no particular problem.