A kindergarten bus crashed into a house in Chiba Prefecture on Monday, leaving the driver dead.
The driver, in his 40s, was confirmed dead at hospital. Nine children age four to five and a female kindergarten employee in her 50s who were also on the bus were taken to hospital, but they are not in any life-threatening condition.
An emergency call was made to report the accident at around 8:50 a.m. The bus crossed into the oncoming lane and crashed into the fence of the house. The building was not damaged.
Police are investigating the cause of the accident, which took place at a residential district about 1.2 kilometers northeast of Magomezawa Station on the Tobu Urban Park Line.
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