On the afternoon of the 27th, a truck collided with a car that was restricting traffic for weeding work on a national highway in Utsunomiya City, and six people including workers were injured and transported to the hospital.
Among them, a man in his 30s who was driving the truck is unconscious and in critical condition.
Around 2:00 pm on the 27th, a truck running from behind collided with a car that was restricting lanes for weeding work on National Route 408 in Kamigamoya-cho, Utsunomiya City.
According to the police, the truck continued to move forward with the car that hit it, and it seems that the workers who were working on weeding were hit one after another.
A total of six people, five men who were weeding workers and a man in his 30s who was driving the truck, were injured and taken to the hospital. It means that
The remaining five people are also injured, but there is no danger to their lives.
The site was a two-lane bypass road connecting Utsunomiya City and Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture, and at that time, weeding work was being carried out by regulating the lane on the median strip side.
Police are investigating the details of the accident.