Car Rams into Children Group in Japan, Killed Two
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8 May 2019 14:38 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Tokyo - Two children were killed and a dozen injured, two critically, in Japan on Wednesday, May 8, after a car involved in an accident with another vehicle skidded into a nursery school group out for a walk with their teachers, NHK national television said.
All of the children and two of their teachers were taken to hospital for treatment, NHK added, but two - a boy and a girl, both two years old - died soon after.
Television footage showed two cars slewed at opposite corners of a crossing and brightly colored school bags scattered on a sidewalk. The children had been returning from an outing to a lake, NHK said.
The two drivers, both women - one aged 62 and the other 52 - were arrested, it said.
Rapidly aging Japan has recently seen a series of fatal car accidents involving elderly drivers.
In April, a mother and her three-year-old daughter were killed after a car driven by an 87-year-old man plowed into people on a crosswalk.
The accidents have raised questions about how long people should be allowed to drive.
REUTERS
