Cui Tianye [Global Network Report Reporter Cui Tianye] In the early morning of the 11th, a serious traffic accident occurred on a construction site on the National Highway of Chiba City, Japan: an oil tanker rushed into the construction site and knocked over a car parked at the c

Cui Tianye

[Global Network Report Reporter Cui Tianye] In the early morning of the 11th, a serious traffic accident occurred on a construction site on the National Highway of Chiba City, Japan: an oil tanker rushed into the construction site and knocked over a car parked at the construction site. The car hit three other cars in front, including the on-site guards and construction personnel, and they were hit. The accident caused a total of 2 deaths and 5 injuries, but the cause of the accident was that the tanker truck driver "was operating the audio equipment in the car and did not look at the road well."

The yellow oil tanker truck crashed into a car on the construction site. Source: NHK

According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report on the 11th, National Highway 357 in Mihama District, Chiba City began sewer construction on the evening of the 10th. At that time, the construction site occupied the middle lanes of the three lanes.

NHK report screenshot

NHK cited police as saying that the accident occurred around 2 a.m. that day. At that time, the oil tanker involved suddenly rushed into the construction site while driving and hit a car on the construction site. The hit car bounced forward again and hit three other cars, causing injuries to several workers and guards on the scene. Eventually, a guard in his 50s and a worker in his 40s died, and the remaining five injured workers were sent to the hospital for treatment. Police then arrested tanker driver Naoki Kondo for "negative driving injury".

The front windshield of the tanker was smashed. Source: FNN

A high school student living near the scene said in an interview with Japanese media, "At that time, I heard a loud bang. When I arrived at the scene, I saw a tanker crashing into a truck, and there was a person in the middle. The man was already dying. At that time, there were still workers lying on the ground." Another 47-year-old man near the scene also said, "When I was watching TV, I heard a loud bang, as loud as if the building had collapsed, I was scared to death."

reported that when the police were under investigation, the suspect Naoki Kondo said, "At that time, he was operating the audio equipment in the car, he did not look at the road ahead." So something happened. According to a person from Kondo Naoki's work unit, the suspect Kondo Naoki drove to , Fukushima Prefecture, at around 1:50 am on the 11th. He also conducted an exhalation test before departure and drove away after confirming that there was no suspicion of driving under the influence of drunkenness.

At present, the police said they are changing the accident to "death and injury of negligent driving" for a more detailed investigation.

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