Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway One person killed in a fire accident from a running truck 22 injuries December 18th 4:51
On the night of the 17th, a fire broke out from a running truck in a tunnel on the Metropolitan Expressway / Wangan Line in Kawasaki City, causing an accident involving more than 10 cars such as express buses. In addition to the death of one expressway driver, 22 people were transported to the hospital for treatment.
Around 11:00 pm on the 17th, a fire broke out from a running truck in the Kawasaki Route Tunnel on the Metropolitan Expressway / Wangan Line in Kawasaki City, Kawasaki City.
The truck stopped on the side of the road and the driver escaped safely. However, due to this, an accident involving more than 10 cars occurred, such as a highway bus that had been driving nearby hit another truck. .
According to police, men in their 50s who died on highway buses died, and 22 men and women in their teens and 60s were transported to the hospital by inhaling smoke and received medical attention.
The site is a straight road with three lanes on one side in the submarine tunnel, about 1 km away from the exit of the tunnel, and some people evacuated to a ventilator to avoid inhaling smoke.
Due to this accident, the road between Higashi-Ogishima Interchange and Ukishima Junction on the Metropolitan Expressway / Wangan Line is closed.
Flame near the tunnel ceiling
In the video taken after the accident by a woman who was in the following car, multiple cars stopped with a hazard lamp in the tunnel and the flames were rising near the ceiling at the end of the train You can check it.
There were several police cars and ambulances on the scene.
The woman who photographed said, “The car in front of me suddenly stopped, and the flame was rising when I looked in the back of the tunnel. There was a car behind, so I couldn't move. I was out, but I was very anxious until then. "
Express bus company "Currently confirming"
According to the express bus operator that was in the accident, the bus was on its way from Yokohama to Kisarazu, Chiba.
The details of the driver's condition, the number of passengers, and whether there are any injured persons are not yet detailed and are currently being confirmed.