More than a dozen people, including 10 junior high school students, were injured following a head-on crash between a van and a minivan in the western city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, police said.
The collision occurred on Saturday night when the van, carrying members of a boys’ handball club from Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures, possibly crossed into the oncoming lane on a two-lane road, according to the police.
The driver was a 43-year-old female elementary school teacher who was coaching the boys. She was driving them back to their lodging in Hikone after a match in Nara Prefecture.
A 40-year-old woman drove the minivan, and she and her 56-year-old husband sustained finger and arm fractures, respectively. The couple from Aichi Prefecture in central Japan was travelling with their five-year-old son, who was unhurt.
All 13 people who were injured were taken to hospital, with none in life-threatening condition, police said. — The Straits Times/ANN
