Club activity bus rollover accident Even if you make a mistake, “I thought there was a detour or a loophole, so I didn’t turn back” Kagoshima City[08/24 19:24]
In Kagoshima City, a large bus carrying members of a high school soccer team accidentally overturned on the road, injuring 10 people. It turned out that the driver said, “I thought there was a detour or a loophole, so I didn’t turn back.”
(Kyushu Miyabi Kanko President Masaki Motomura) “I apologize for causing a great deal of inconvenience and concern to everyone.”
In this accident, a large bus of Kyushu Miyabi Kanko overturned on the prefectural road in Haruyama-cho, Kagoshima City on the 19th of this month. 30 members of the soccer club of Kokubu High School in Kirishima City were on the bus. According to the school, 10 students were transported, and 3 were seriously injured, breaking their hips and ribs.
The bus was heading from school to the soccer field in Fukiage, Hioki City. However, after getting off the Ijuin Interchange, I was supposed to follow the prefectural road No. 35, but I mistakenly took the road leading to the site. The road was so narrow that a bus with a width of about 2 meters could barely pass.
The 62-year-old male driver has about 15 years of driving experience.
(President Motomura) “When the road began to narrow, I realized that it was a completely different road.” “I was worried about the trees on the left side in the dark road, so I slipped from the right shoulder of the soft ground and overturned.”
I didn’t have a car navigation system for the bus, and there was no mobile phone or wireless connection at the scene. Although there were signs along the road warning that vehicles weighing more than 4 tons should not pass, he said, “I was upset and overlooked them.”
President Motomura read out the driver’s comment on the 24th.
(President Motomura) “I am truly sorry for making the children feel scared and hurting them.”
The prefectural police are investigating the suspicion of negligent driving injury, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Kyushu Transport Bureau are also considering administrative sanctions if violations of the Road Transport Law are confirmed.
2023-08-24 10:24:00
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