On the morning of the 17th, in Shimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture, a car broke through the glass wall of the hospital and plunged into the waiting room, and three men in the hospital were slightly injured.


A woman in her 60s who was driving said she had mistakenly stepped on the accelerator and brakes, and police are investigating the situation in detail.

Around 8:40 am on the 17th, a person involved in "Ito Orthopedic Surgery" in Hirobaba-machi, Shimabara City reported to the police that "a car rushed into the building."



According to police, a light passenger car broke through a glass wall from the hospital parking lot and plunged into the waiting room, and three men in their 70s and 80s in the hospital were slightly injured, including bruising.



The glass wall was severely broken, and the waiting room in the hospital was shattered with broken glass, and the people involved were busy cleaning up.



According to the police, a woman in her 60s who was driving a light car told the investigation that she had "wrongly stepped on the accelerator and brake", and the police are investigating the situation in detail.



The site is about 280 meters west of Shimabara Funatsu Station on the Shimabara Railway, and shops are lined up in the surrounding area.

Light passenger car plunge into a building without slowing down

In the image of the security camera installed in the hospital, a light passenger car slowly runs around the hospital and plunges into the building without slowing down.



You can then break through the glass wall and see a man who appears to be a patient reading a newspaper sitting with a chair or bookshelf in the waiting room.

Hospital director "I heard a terrible sound like thunder for about 5 seconds."

The director of the hospital where the accident happened told NHK about the situation at that time, "I was wondering what happened when I heard a terrible sound like thunder for about 5 seconds. I did.