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Japan reports multiple fatal traffic accidents across various regions
Multiple fatal traffic accidents have been reported across various regions in Japan.
In Aichi Prefecture, a woman died on the Shin-Tomei Expressway after a truck rear-ended a car that had stopped following a collision with a deer. In Toyoake City, a driver was arrested after a car struck two men on a national highway, resulting in one death and one person in critical condition. Additionally, a collision between a truck and a car on the Tohoku Expressway in Fukushima City left one woman dead and three others injured, causing road closures.
In other incidents, a woman died after a work vehicle overturned in a rice field in Ashikaga, and a man operating a mini-bike died in Tottori Prefecture following a head-on collision with a car that drifted into the oncoming lane.