徳島とくしま道どう 2人ふたり死亡しぼう事故じこ {トラック}が直前ちょくぜんに対向たいこう車線しゃせんにはみ出だしたか

On the Tokushima Expressway in Awa City, Tokushima Prefecture, on the 14th, a highway bus and a truck collided and caught fire, resulting in the deaths of two people. According to interviews with investigators, it appears that just before the accident, the truck knocked down a pole separating the lanes and veered into the oncoming lane.

The police are investigating the detailed cause of the accident.

According to the police investigation so far, it has been found that the scene was a section of road with one lane in each direction, separated by poles, and that more than half of the trucks body was protruding into the oncoming lane.

Subsequent police investigations revealed, based on interviews with sources involved in the investigation, that a pole dividing the lanes was broken just before the scene, and it appears that the truck knocked down the pole and veered into the oncoming lane immediately before the accident.

The vehicle involved in the accident was moved to a police facility on the night of the 14th, and the Tokushima Expressway, which had been closed to traffic in the area around the scene, was reopened about 15 hours later at 3:45 a.m.

The police are investigating the detailed cause of the accident by collecting footage from the dashcams of cars that were driving in the area at the time.

According to Iyo Railway Bus, which operates express buses in Matsuyama City, there is a possibility that the trucks tire burst. The male bus driver told a company representative, It looked like the tire of the truck coming from the opposite lane had burst.

I tried to swerve the steering wheel to avoid it, but ended up in a head-on collision, he reportedly said.

Iyo Railway Bus would like to express our deepest condolences to those who lost their lives in the accident, and our heartfelt sympathies to the customers who were injured.

We take the accident very seriously and will do our utmost to prevent it from happening again, they commented.