中国道で9台関係する事故 7台炎上し2人けが 1人連絡取れず

9 car crashes Chugoku Expressway, 7 cars burned 2 injured and 1 missing.

9 car crashes Chugoku Expressway, 7 cars burned 2 injured and 1 missing.
31日朝、山口県美祢市の中国自動車道でトラックと乗用車合わせて9台が関係する事故が起き7台が炎上しました

In the morning of the 31th, an accident involving a total of nine trucks and passenger cars occurred on the Chugoku Expressway in Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and seven of them burned.

In the morning of the 31th, an accident involving a total of nine trucks and passenger cars occurred on the Chugoku Expressway in Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and seven of them burned.
この事故で男性2人がけがをしたほか、トラックの運転手1人と連絡が取れていないということで、警察が現場に取り残されていないか調べています

In this accident, 2 males were injured and 1 truck driver cannot be contacted. The police has been searching for him at the location of accident.

In this accident, 2 males were injured and 1 truck driver cannot be contacted. The police has been searching for him at the location of accident.
31日朝6時ごろ山口県美祢市の中国自動車道の美祢西インターチェンジ付近の下り車線でトラックと乗用車合わせて9台が関係する事故が起き7台が炎上しました

Around 6 am on the 31st, an accident involving 9 trucks and passenger cars occurred in the down lane near the Chugoku Expressway Mine-nishi Interchange in Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and 7 of them burned.

Around 6 am on the 31st, an accident involving 9 trucks and passenger cars occurred in the down lane near the Chugoku Expressway Mine-nishi Interchange in Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and 7 of them burned.
消防が消火活動にあたり、火は午前7時すぎに消し止められました

The fire was extinguished after 7 am.

The fire was extinguished after 7 am.
警察によりますとこの事故でトラック運転手の男性2人がけがをして病院に運ばれ、いずれも意識はあるということです

According to police, two male truck drivers were injured in the accident and taken to the hospital, both of whom are conscious.

According to police, two male truck drivers were injured in the accident and taken to the hospital, both of whom are conscious.
一方で、連絡が取れていないトラック運転手が1人いるということで警察が現場に取り残されていないか調べています

On the other hand, the police are investigating whether there is a truck driver left behind on the scene because there is one truck driver who has not been contacted.

On the other hand, the police are investigating whether there is a truck driver left behind on the scene because there is one truck driver who has not been contacted.
現場は、美祢西インターチェンジから広島方向に300メートルほど進んだ場所にあるゆるやかな左カーブで、事故当時は路面が凍結した状態だったということです

The site was a gentle left curve located about 300 meters in the direction of Hiroshima from the Mine-nishi interchange, and the road surface was frozen at the time of the accident.

The site was a gentle left curve located about 300 meters in the direction of Hiroshima from the Mine-nishi interchange, and the road surface was frozen at the time of the accident.
最初に事故を起こした車両に後続の車両が次々に衝突したとみられるということで、警察がトラックや乗用車の運転手から話を聞くなどして事故の状況を調べています

Since it seems that the following vehicles collided with the vehicle that caused the accident one after another, the police are investigating the situation of the accident by listening to the driver of the truck or the passenger car.

Since it seems that the following vehicles collided with the vehicle that caused the accident one after another, the police are investigating the situation of the accident by listening to the driver of the truck or the passenger car.