Police on Sunday arrested a 59-year-old truck driver after his vehicle rear-ended a car, seriously injuring a nine-year-old boy, in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 12:15 a.m. on the Shin-Tomei Expressway. The truck driver, Tetsuo Sanada, was arrested on suspicion of reckless driving resulting in injury.
Police said traffic had been backed up when the truck rear-ended the car at the end of the line. The nine-year-old boy, Rei Iwazaki, sustained severe injuries and is in a coma, police said. The boy’s 38-year-old mother and his 12-year-old sister, suffered light injuries. Three others in the car, including the driver, were not injured.
Traffic was delayed for about 3 1/2 hours after the crash.
© Japan Today
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kurisupisu
And the cause of the crash?
Speed
Was it ANOTHER case of a truck speeding and/or reading a comic book on their steering wheel or checking out their smartphone?
Chip Star
Tragic.
Inattentive driver.
Jonathan Prin
Seat belt on ?
Kei car ?
Brian Wheway
we've all forgot that a child was injured and is in a coma, just saying
doel jusino
I don't know the cause of the accident since I was not there. An accident is something that happens now the chain of events that leads to an accident that is something that with Attention To Detail could possibly help avoid an accident. anyway this young boy now has to live with the Memory / Fear of the injuries he sustained in this accident. Hope he fully recovers.
Jonathan Prin
Why so many bullying people who wish to know how to avoid those accidents because no one knows if it is just inattentivedriving. And I am sure there is more to say.
Of course, everyone thinks about the boy, needless to say.