Singaporean girl and 4-month-old child killed in automotive accident in Hokkaido: Report

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean girl and her 4-month-old daughter had been killed in a automotive accident in Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture on Tuesday (Jan 10), after the automotive they had been in collided with a truck. 

In accordance with a report by NHK, the accident occurred at round 11.30am on Jan 10. On the intersection of a highway in Kamifurano, a city in Hokkaido, a passenger automotive carrying a household of 4 collided with a truck. 

A 41-year-old Singaporean girl and her 4-month-old daughter had been killed, mentioned the Japanese police. The lady’s 44-year-old husband, who was driving the automotive, and the couple’s 3-year-old daughter had been critically injured. Each of them had been taken to the hospital. 

The motive force of the truck was not injured. 

NHK reported that the passenger automotive was a rental and that the household of 4 had been on vacation in Hokkaido.

The intersection the place the accident occurred had no visitors gentle however there was a cease signal on the highway the place the automotive was driving alongside. The highway was additionally lined with snow at the moment, NHK mentioned. 

The Japanese police are investigating the reason for the accident. 

CNA has reached out to Singapore’s Ministry of International Affairs for extra info.