21 people injured in bus, crane collision in western Japan
OSAKA. February 7. KAZINFORM Twenty one people were injured Monday morning when a school bus carrying 51 students collided with a truck-mounted crane and then crashed into a nearby office building in western Japan's Okayama Prefecture, local media reported. Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The injured includes twenty elementary school pupils and a man who was working in the building when the collision took place at around 7:45 a.m. local time, the report said, adding that the injured were taken to hospital for minor injuries.
The crane truck was moving onto a public road when its crane arm made contact with the bus, causing the bus to knock over a utility pole before crashing into the office of an automobile sales and repair company, the report said.
The police are questioning drivers of the crane truck and the bus on suspicion that their negligence may have caused the accident. Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com