{"id":13610,"date":"2019-05-07T22:40:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T02:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=13610"},"modified":"2019-05-08T01:28:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T05:28:05","slug":"vehicle-plows-into-group-of-children-in-western-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/vehicle-plows-into-group-of-children-in-western-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"2 dead, 13 injured as car hits preschoolers in western Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A vehicle has plowed into a group of preschoolers in western Japan, killing at least two children and injuring more than a dozen others, local officials say. Two drivers were taken into custody on suspicion of negligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accident happened just after 10 a.m. local time on Wednesday when 16 people from a daycare center were waiting at a three-way intersection in \u014ctsu, a city in Shiga Prefecture in western Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As they were waiting, two vehicles were involved in a collision, causing one of the vehicles to drive into the group. The two female drivers were both arrested on suspicion of causing injury through negligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group which was hit consisted of 16 people, including 3 caregivers and 13 children between the ages of 2 and 3, police said. All of the preschoolers and 2 of the caregivers were taken to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of the victims, a 2-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl, were pronounced dead at a local hospital, according to the Kyodo news agency. A 2-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl were reported to be in critical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u6ecb\u8cc0\u770c\u8b66\u5bdf\u672c\u90e8\u306b\u5165\u3063\u305f\u9023\u7d61\u306b\u3088\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3068\u3001\u5348\u524d10\u6642\u3059\u304e\u3001\u5927\u6d25\u5e02\u5927\u8431\u306e\u4ea4\u5dee\u70b9\u3067\u3001\u5341\u6570\u4eba\u306e\u4fdd\u80b2\u5712\u306e\u5712\u5150\u306e\u5217\u306b\u8eca\u304c\u7a81\u3063\u8fbc\u3093\u3060\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3053\u3068\u3067\u3059\u3002<br>\u3051\u304c\u4eba\u304c\u3044\u308b\u3068\u3044\u3046\u60c5\u5831\u304c\u3042\u308a\u3001\u8b66\u5bdf\u3084\u6d88\u9632\u304c\u73fe\u5834\u306e\u72b6\u6cc1\u3092\u8abf\u3079\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UPhThk8Rxk\">https:\/\/t.co\/UPhThk8Rxk<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nhk_news?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nhk_news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B9wPzhchWr\">pic.twitter.com\/B9wPzhchWr<\/a><\/p>\u2014 NHK\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9 (@nhk_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nhk_news\/status\/1125949592829353990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vehicle has plowed into a group of preschoolers in western Japan, killing at least two children and injuring more than a dozen others, local officials say. 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