Tokyo, 09 April, /AJMEDIA/
A man in his 70s and a woman in her 90s were killed when the light (kei) car they were in collided head-on with another car on a highway in Shirataka Town, Yamagata Prefecture, on Monday.
The accident occurred at around 2:20 p.m. along National Route 348, NHK reported. Police said there is a gentle slope with one lane in each direction where the accident took place. Visibility was good at the time.
The light car was driven by a woman in her 60s. She sustained injuries while her two elderly passengers were taken to hospital where they died shortly after arrival. A woman in her 40s who was driving the other car suffered minor injuries, police said.
Police are trying to determine which one of the cars veered over the center lane.
