A: Hey there! Did you catch the news yesterday?
B: Nope, what's up?
A: Well, some crazy thing happened on the expressway in central Japan!
B: Oh really? What kind of thing?
A: A small blue car was driving the wrong way for at least 10 kilometers!
B: Whoa, that's dangerous! Did anyone get hurt?
A: Yeah, unfortunately. Four women in their 40s to 60s were injured.
B: That's terrible! I hope they're okay.
A: The car caused several accidents as people tried to avoid it. The driver is still at large.
B: Wow, sounds like a wild chase! Police are looking for them on suspicion of hit-and-run.
A: Yeah, it started in Kameyama city and went all the way to near the Suzuka parking area. Crazy!
B: That's nuts! I hope they find that driver soon so something like this doesn't happen again.
Police in central Japan say a car that caused multiple accidents drove the wrong way for at least 10 kilometers on an expressway on Sunday.
The driver of the small car is still at large one day after the accidents on the Shin-Meishin Expressway. Police are looking for the car and its driver on suspicion of causing hit-and-run accidents.
The blue car is said to have driven in the wrong direction on the expressway's west-bound lanes in the city of Kameyama, Mie Prefecture.
The wrong-way car bumped into two vehicles at around 11 a.m. and caused more collisions as drivers tried to avoid it.
The accidents injured four women in their 40s to 60s.
Police and the expressway operator say eyewitness accounts suggest the car continued to travel in the wrong direction to near the Suzuka parking area, about 10 kilometers to the east.
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Summary
A small blue car drove the wrong way on an expressway in central Japan for approximately 10 kilometers, causing multiple accidents and injuring four women. The driver of the car is still at large, and police are searching for them on suspicion of hit-and-run. The incident occurred on Sunday near
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250519_18/
Date: May 19, 2025
Created: 2025/05/21 07:10
Updated: 2025/12/08 04:01
Last Read: 2025/05/21 07:24