Head-on collision with ambulance 84-year-old man driving a car died Ehime Iyo February 3 20:23
A day before noon on March 3, an ambulance carrying a patient and a passenger car collided head-on on a national highway in Iyo City, Ehime Prefecture. Four people were injured.
According to the police, at around 11:45 am on March 3, an ambulance carrying a 83-year-old male patient and a passenger car collided head-on on Route 56 of Nakayama-cho, Iyo City.
Akira Katayama (84) of Higashi Ozu, Ozu City, who was driving a passenger car in the accident, was taken to a hospital but died approximately two hours later.
In addition, four people, including the wife of a male patient in an ambulance (78) and three ambulance crews, struck their heads and chests and were injured.
The police are listening to the fire brigade members and investigating the details and causes of the accident.
The site is a one lane road on one side of the mountain, about 2 km south of Iyo-Nakayama Station on the JR Yosan Line.
Apology at fire department headquarters meeting in ambulance collision
Following the accident, the fire department of the Iyo Fire Department and other administrative associations held a press conference. I apologize for the injuries. "
The fire department has decided to investigate the cause of the accident in detail, and said that he would like to work for safe operation of emergency vehicles.