NIHONMATSU, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – A large truck and a van collided head-on Saturday in Fukushima Prefecture, leaving five people dead and three others injured, local officials said.
The accident occurred at around 12:10 p.m. on Route 349 in a mountainous area about 10 km east of Nihonmatsu. Six people were in the van and two in the truck, according to the officials.
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