On the morning of the 27th, there was an accident on a national highway in Aomori City when a one-box car carrying eight elementary and junior high school students fell onto the side of the road, resulting in injuries to six of the children.
It has been snowing in Aomori City since the night of the 26th, and police are investigating the cause of the accident.
According to the fire department, at around 8:40 a.m. on the 27th, a one-box car fell several meters down the side of the road near the Yokouchi Kamei intersection in Aomori City.
The vehicle that fell was a shuttle vehicle for Aomori Ozora Gakuen, a child welfare facility in Aomori City, and there were nine people on board, including eight children from the facility and the staff member driving the vehicle, according to fire department reports. Six children were taken to the hospital, two of whom suffered serious injuries including broken arms.
There are no life-threatening injuries.
According to the facility, the children were elementary and junior high school students living at the facility and were on their way to a branch classroom at a school in the city at the time of the accident.
According to the facility director, the male employee who was driving said, ``The road conditions were bad due to the snow, so I took the steering wheel.The brakes didn't work.''The police are investigating the cause of the accident. .