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A tanker and a semitrailer collided head-on in Yamaguchi City on Sunday morning, killing both drivers.
According to police, the accident occurred at around 1:20 a.m. on National Route 2, Sankei Shimbun reported. A driver in a following car called 119 to report the collision.
Police said both drivers -- men in their late 40s to early 50s -- were taken to hospital with extensive injuries but were declared dead on arrival.
Police said visibility was good and that it appears one of the trucks veered across the center line.
© Japan Today
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igloobuyer
Truck drivers are notorious in Japan so it's both sad and ironic that they killed each other in this smash.
Peter Qinghai
White line fever?
FightingViking
and there you have it...
SenseNotSoCommon
The technology to ensure passenger cars stay in their lanes is becoming more commonplace.
If government mandated accident avoidance tech for trucks, we might see less of these tragedies. But then driver and third-party safety isn't a big priority for truck fleet buyers or their lobbyists.
kurisupisu
I've seen the aftermath of when truck drivers fall asleep. I once woke a driver up with my horn as he drifted into my lane at 3am once -frightening!
A.N. Other
There's good money to be had from driving a truck - if you put in insane hours - so there's your incentive. Are there no such things as driver recorders and mandatory rest breaks in Japan?
Of course there are, they are just never enforced.