On the night of the 22nd, there was an accident in which a car collided with a utility pole on a national road in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and five men were taken to the hospital, one of whom died and two were seriously injured. bottom.
Police are investigating the situation of the accident in detail because the remaining two were unconscious at the time of transportation.
Around 10 o'clock last night, a car with five men on a national highway in Ota, Kamisu City collided with a telephone pole and burned.
The fire was extinguished after about an hour.
At the scene, the utility pole is broken and tilted, and the car is wrecked in a bush on the side of the road.
All five were taken to the hospital in the accident, of which one man, believed to be in his teens to twenties, died and two were seriously injured.
The remaining two were also unconscious at the time of transportation.
According to police, those who witnessed the accident said, "The car rushed into a utility pole on the side of the road at a tremendous speed and then burned."
The site is a straight road with two lanes on each side, about 12 km southeast of Kamisu City Hall, and police are investigating the situation and cause of the accident in detail.