Early in the morning of the 30th, a large truck collided with a stopped light passenger car in a tunnel on the Shinmeijin Expressway from Mie Prefecture to Shiga Prefecture, killing two men in the light passenger car.

Around 5:30 am on the 30th, I collided with a light passenger car in which a large truck was stopped in the Suzuka tunnel on the Shin-Meishin Expressway down line in Koka City, Shiga Prefecture.



Five people in a light car were taken to the hospital in the accident, killing two men.



Police arrested Shinichi Kuroda (47), who was driving a heavy-duty truck in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture, on the spot on suspicion of negligent driving injuries.



According to police, the site was a straight road with three lanes passing through a tunnel from Mie prefecture to Shiga prefecture, and light passenger cars stopped from the shoulder on the left side of the road to the driving lane.



Police are checking the identities of the two dead and investigating the details and cause of the accident.