{"id":320768,"date":"2025-12-27T17:44:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T09:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=320768"},"modified":"2025-12-27T17:47:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T09:47:46","slug":"one-dead-26-injured-in-50-vehicle-pileup-north-west-of-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=320768","title":{"rendered":"One Dead, 26 Injured In 50-Vehicle Pileup North-West Of Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TOKYO, Dec 27 (NNN-NHK) &#8211; A severe traffic accident, involving over 50 vehicles, yesterday, left one person dead and 26 others injured, on an expressway in Gunma Prefecture, north-west of Tokyo, local media reported, today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The massive pileup occurred on the outbound lane of the Kan-etsu Expressway, in the town of Minakami, Gunma Prefecture, at around 7:30 p.m. local time, after vehicles likely skidded on the icy surface, as snow fell, Kyodo News reported, citing the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 17 vehicles caught fire, and the flames were extinguished about seven and a half hours later, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A woman thought to be in her 70s died, while five people suffered serious injuries, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A section of the expressway was subsequently closed, with a row of badly damaged vehicles, some charred beyond recognition, clogging the outbound lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A heavy snow warning was in effect at the time. Police believe snow on the road may have been a factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A driver in his 60&#8217;s said, his truck hit the median after swerving to avoid a car ahead of him. He also heard the sound of explosions four times behind him, the report said.&#8211; NNN-NHK   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOKYO, Dec 27 (NNN-NHK) &#8211; A severe traffic accident, involving over 50 vehicles, yesterday, left one person dead and 26 others injured, on an expressway in Gunma Prefecture, north-west of Tokyo, local media reported, today. The massive pileup occurred on the outbound lane of the Kan-etsu Expressway, in the town of Minakami, Gunma Prefecture, at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":320770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,322,286],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320768"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=320768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320769,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320768\/revisions\/320769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/320770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=320768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=320768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=320768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}