On the 22nd, the bus overturned on the Nagoya Expressway in Nagoya City and caught fire, killing two people and injuring seven people. It was found in an interview with investigators that it seems to be.
It has also been confirmed that the driver is repeatedly driving unstable, and the police are investigating the possibility that there may have been some kind of abnormality in the driver's physical condition.
Shortly after 10:00 a.m. on the 22nd, on the Nagoya Expressway in Kita Ward, Nagoya City, a bus heading from the city center to the prefectural Nagoya Airport overturned and caught fire. Two men were killed, and a total of seven people, including six passengers and a man who was driving the following passenger car, were injured.
The driver, a 55-year-old man, has not been contacted and police are working to confirm his identity.
According to investigative sources, it is believed that the bus collided with the separation zone at a speed of around 60 kilometers per hour, which is the speed limit near the scene, without applying the brakes. I understood from the interview.
In addition, the bus was initially running in the overtaking lane on the right side of the two lanes, and from at least a few hundred meters before the accident site, it was repeatedly moving to the left and stepping on the boundary line. .
After that, when it became 3 lanes, it entered the lane leading to the rightmost exit, but before the exit it turned to the left again and collided with the dividing strip between the main line.
Police are investigating the possibility that there may have been some kind of change in the physical condition of the driver.