Overview

• In Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, two kei passenger cars collided head-on on National Route 262 around 1:40 p.m. Saturday, killing a 74-year-old driver surnamed Tanabe and his 69-year-old wife.
• The other driver in Hagi, a 37-year-old monk from the city, sustained a minor injury to his right leg.
• Hagi police say they are investigating the possibility that Tanabe’s vehicle was traveling the wrong way on a straight road with a central divider.
• In Okinawa City on Friday at about 5:40 p.m., a right-turning car entering the civic hall parking lot struck a moped traveling along the opposing roadside shoulder on Prefectural Route 85.
• The 17-year-old moped rider in Okinawa was hospitalized with head and facial injuries and is not in life-threatening condition, while the 27-year-old car driver was uninjured.