In Yamagata Prefecture, traffic accidents occurred one after another on the morning of the 24th, and in Yamagata City, a light car collided with a dump truck, killing one person and injuring two others.
After 6 o'clock on the 24th, a light car collided head-on with a dump truck running in the oncoming lane on National Route 112 in Funamachi, Yamagata City.
In this accident, Masami Ninoto (70), a civil engineering and construction company living in Yamagata City who was driving a light car, was taken to the hospital, but died about two hours later due to a broken head.
In addition, a 49-year-old woman in the passenger seat of a light car and a 46-year-old woman who was driving a dump truck were injured and are being treated at the hospital.
According to the police, the site is a straight road with one lane on each side, and it seems that the dump truck hit the curb for some reason, and with that momentum, it ran off the center line and collided with a light car.
Also, before 10 am, there was an accident where a light car and a light wagon car collided with each other at the intersection of National Highway No. 13 in Obanazawa, Obanazawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.
According to police and fire departments, an 89-year-old man living in Mogami Town, Yamagata Prefecture, who was taken to a hospital and was driving a light wagon, is unconscious.
According to police, the scene is at an intersection with a traffic light, and police are investigating the situation in detail.