47 injured, mostly foreigners, in bus collision on Tokyo expressway


The accident occurred when the driver of the rear bus failed to notice that the one in front had braked, according to police. - Bernama/Kyodo

TOKYO: Forty-seven people, mostly foreign nationals, were injured on Saturday (April 5) after one tour bus rear-ended another while the two vehicles were travelling together on an expressway in western Tokyo, police said.

According to Kyodo News Agency, none of the victims have life-threatening injuries following the collision, which a bus driver reported at around 10:15 am to have occurred near the mouth of the Kobotoke Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Hachioji.

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