THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 10, 2022 at 15:12 JST
ATSUGI, Kanagawa Prefectuure--Four people were killed in a multivehicle accident on the outbound lanes of the Tomei Expressway here early on Nov. 10, police said.
“I heard a loud explosion from the expressway, and I can see a fire,” prefectural police quoted a man who reported the accident as saying.
Four vehicles--a large truck, a regular-size truck, a large trailer and a passenger car--were involved in the accident that occurred around 3:30 a.m. near the Atsugi Interchange.
Police said the four people who died were in the two trucks and the passenger vehicle.
As of 10:30 a.m., the outbound lanes between the interchange and the Isehara Junction in the prefecture were closed because of the accident.
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Destroyed vehicles can be seen on the Tomei Expressway in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 10. (Naoko Kawamura)
