A truck collided with and overturned a moving Kobe Municipal Bus near an intersection in Kobe's Nada Ward. Of the approximately 40 passengers, 1 was taken to hospital with minor injuries, while several others were also injured. The truck driver was taken to hospital with suspected fractures.
At around 8:05 a.m. on the 16th, a 110 emergency call reported that a truck had collided with a Kobe Municipal Bus near the intersection at 2-chome Takaha-cho, Nada Ward, Kobe. Of the approximately 40 passengers on the bus, 1 suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital, while several others were also injured. The male truck driver was taken to hospital with suspected fractures. He reportedly said the brakes stopped working.
The site is on a downhill section of road just before the intersection. The moving truck is believed to have hit a guardrail, overturned and collided with the bus, which was waiting at a traffic light. A large amount of soil and construction waste carried by the truck was scattered across the prefectural road at the site.