Original title: 1 dead and 7 injured in a car accident of Japan Self Defense Forces

According to the Japanese Current Affairs News Agency, at noon on the 24th local time, a Japanese Self Defense Force vehicle collided with a large bus in a highway tunnel in Hokkaido. The accident has caused 1 death and 7 injuries.

It is reported that at about 12:40 local time on the 24th, a car of the Japanese Land Self Defense Force collided head-on with a bus in the tunnel of a national highway in Hokkaido. At the time of the incident, there were 7 members of the Self Defense Forces on board, and there were no passengers on the bus except the driver. The collision of two vehicles killed a 44 year old male member of the Self Defense Forces, and the other six members of the Self Defense Forces and the bus driver were injured. The injured have been sent to hospital.

According to TBS, the accident occurred on the way of the Self Defense Forces vehicle returning to the station after training. The bus that collided with it was a travel company bus. At present, the police are investigating the detailed cause of the accident.

Recently, accidents and vicious incidents have occurred in the Japanese Self Defense Forces. In May this year, a grenade explosion occurred at the North Fuji Training Ground in Yamanashi Prefecture of Japan's Land Self Defense Forces. A member of the Self Defense Forces was hit by a grenade fragment during training and died. In April this year, two patrol helicopters of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force crashed in the waters near Bird Island in the Izu Islands, killing eight people. Last June, a shooting incident occurred in the shooting range of the Land Self Defense Forces in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Three members of the Self Defense Forces were shot by a reserve member of the Self Defense Forces, resulting in two deaths and one injury. (Reporter Zhu Chenxi)