2 dead, 7 injured in fiery crash on expressway in Nagoya

NAGOYA — Two people died a er a bus overturned and caught re on an expressway in Nagoya on Monday morning, local police said.

Seven others were injured including a person in a car traveling behind the bus, according to the prefectural police and re ghting authorities.

Around 10:15 a.m., police received an emergency call saying that a bus was on its side and on re. e accident occurred near the Toyoyama-Minami exit on the Route 11 Komaki section of the Nagoya Expressway network.

According to sources including the Aichi prefectural police’s expressway patrol unit, the re was extinguished around 12:35 p.m.

e bus was operated by Aoi Tra c Corp., a Komaki, Aichi Prefecture-based company, which said the bus was likely going from central Nagoya to the prefectural-run Nagoya Airport. A male driver drove the vehicle.

e accident site was about 2 kilometers southwest of Nagoya Airport and water- lled road barriers at the exit and entrance ramps had burst. e expressway patrol unit believes that it is highly likely the bus crashed into the barriers and overturned. (Aug. 23)

Hisao Aoki / The Yomiuri Shimbun A burned-out bus is seen on an expressway in Nagoya on Monday.