Three dead after car crashes through fence into field in Miyazaki

Surely driving at more than 100 km/h if the third guy flout over 50 meters before hitting the ground

Speed is a pleasure for some people.

Six hours later, authorities discovered the body of one other passenger, Ryo Ishimori, 18, in an irrigation ditch 50 meters downstream from the accident.

The question is, were the cops on scene for six hours painstakingly going through all the evidence, or did leave and then have to come back because some unlucky citizen found the body?

let's drive like nuts! accidents only happen to others! what a waste...

Six hours later? Once again J-police incompetence rules the day. What a shame, he might have been still alive and could have been saved during that time.

Why are their never any details in these stories? Did striking the truck kill them or did they hit something in the field? Was the driver of the truck OK? Were the two that were killed instantly sitting in front seat? Did the other boy fly out of the back or side window? So many questions. For a country so anal about insignificant details, they sure don't report a lot of them in their news.

Why are their never any details in these stories? Did striking the truck kill them or did they hit something in the field? Was the driver of the truck OK? Were the two that were killed instantly sitting in front seat? Did the other boy fly out of the back or side window? So many questions. For a country so anal about insignificant details, they sure don't report a lot of them in their news.

Lots of kids buy big cars here after they got their licence and then go racing at night, it surprises me that there are not more accidents here

I've always assumed that Japanese are bad driver...

...but still feel safe to drive japanese roads (except Highways around Osaka/Kyoto/Nagoya Area). There are countries like Italy or Spain, where all the young dudes (and even the old ones) keep on a high speed on streets all the time. Every day many people die by accidents and it seems nobody cares about the stupid speed drivers. Japanese always tend to copy some habbits from abroad, they think it's cool. Pretty cool, to loose his life over speed driving...

Monoflow: Oh and American's (those from abroad) don't copy Japanese? Ever heard of Drifting? "Japanese" are bad drivers? You must not drive much then - people all over the world are bad drivers - Americans, Europeans, Indians, South Americans...

Franz75: Speed does not kill - It's the stopping that does.

@fusedentropy: I drove in Asia, Europe, Australia and America... by Car and Motorcycle. So, I probably know a little bit about drivers around the world. As I said, I still feel safe to drive in Japan, so this is a big plus. It's pretty good they have strictly rules for the road (no alcohol, low speed limit etc.). Okay, to say Japanese are bad drivers is not really the truth. Of course there are everywhere bad drivers. And of course in Japan, too...

Hmmm.

Passing at 100km/h (~60mph). Assuming the truck was travelling at about 2/3 of that speed, the impact velocity was more like 170km/h (100mph). Depending on how the vehicles hit, I could easily see a body being thrown 50 meters away from the crash if the car savagely spun after impact. Unless there was something in the car to indicate the presence of a third person, I can see the police not finding someone 50 meters away if there was no additional debris in that direction.

Fusedentropy,

The one thing you CAN say that's common is the age of the drivers (who doesn't seem to be identified in the article... all the victims were "passengers"). More often than not, the driver at fault is young and inexperienced.

So what happened to the driver? Did he walked away? (I doubt it). The article never mentioned about the driver. May be they haven't found his body yet? May be it was one of those robot cars that drove itself and it went crazy and decided to kill the human passengers.

Here's betting they thought that passing on the wrong side of the road was just a formality after they saw their parents and other J-drivers crossing the orange line to get past people in a hurry.

What a terrible waste.

That is to say, they thought the rules against it are a formality.

Young drivers need to be made more aware of the dangers involved in driving. I wonder if those old guidance class films like "Blood on the highway" are shown to kids in school these days. Young drivers get plenty of exposure to the thrills of driving through video games, feature films and the like, but how often are they exposed to the consequences of negligent driving? The elusive images of Nikki Catsouras (the Porsche girl) would perhaps be a start.

Ishinomaki City is in Miyagi Prefecture, not Miyazaki. First-rate journalism yet again.