On the 22nd, the bus overturned and caught fire on the Nagoya Expressway in Nagoya City, killing two people and injuring seven others. Interviews with related parties revealed that it appears to have collided with the dividing strip between the main line and the next road.
There were no brake marks at the scene, so the police are investigating the state of the driver and the steering wheel operation just before.
After 10:00 am on the 22nd, on the Nagoya Expressway in Kita Ward, Nagoya City, a bus headed from the city center to the prefectural Nagoya Airport overturned and caught fire, and a passenger car behind it was burned.
In this accident, two people were found in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest from the bus, and they were later confirmed dead, and a total of seven people, six passengers on the bus and one man who was driving the passenger car, were injured. Did.
The scene is where the highway main line and the road leading to the Toyoyama South Exit diverge, and it is believed that the bus collided with the dividing strip between the main line and the next main line while traveling on the road leading to the exit. I found out by interviewing the people involved.
In addition, there were no brake marks at the scene, and the bus collided with the separation zone without any sudden steering wheel operation, and then overturned on the main line side.
According to the operating company, the bus was scheduled to get off the expressway from this exit, so the police are investigating the state of the driver and the steering wheel operation just before.
Did six passengers escape from the bus on their own?
According to the Nagoya City Fire Department and others, eight people, including the driver, were on board the bus that overturned and burst into flames at the time of the accident. It means that they were evacuating to
The six people were evacuated near the wall of the highway and were waiting for rescue, so they are believed to have escaped from the bus on their own.