Shortly after noon on the 20th, on a motorway in Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, a motorcycle with a sidecar collided with a metal rope stretched in the center of the road, killing a couple in their 70s among the four people on board. did.
According to the police, at around 12:30 pm on the 20th, on the outbound line of Yuzawa Yokote Road, a motorway in Daigo, Hiraka-cho, Yokote City, a motorcycle with a sidecar crashed into the center of the road separating the inbound and outbound lines. I bumped into the rope of
Four people, two on the motorcycle and two in the sidecar, were taken to hospital.
Among them, Tetsuo Kobayashi, 70, from Ota City, Gunma Prefecture, who was driving a motorcycle, and his wife, Taeko, 73, who was riding in the back seat, were thrown onto the road and were confirmed dead after being hit hard all over their bodies. it was done.
In addition, both Kobayashi's grandson, a teenage woman and a boy under the age of 10, who were riding in the sidecar, were slightly injured.
The scene is a straight road with one lane on each side, and the police are investigating the detailed cause of the accident.
Due to this accident, the outbound line between the Jumonji Interchange and the Yokote Interchange on the Yuzawa-Yokote Road was closed for nearly four hours.