Tourist bus runs off road into forest in Fukushima; 27 injured
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A Seibu Kanko tourist bus ran off the road into a forest while traveling along Route 352 near the village of Hinoemata in Fukushima Prefecture on Thursday, leaving one person with a bone fracture and 26 others with minor injuries.
An investigation by Minamiaizu Police showed that driver Kazuyoshi Taki, 54, failed to negotiate a sharp downhill left-hander, sending the bus off the opposite side of the road and down a 10-meter slope into a forest below.
The bus was carrying 28 members of a local mountain climbing club, aged between 52 and 71, back home to Aizuwakamatsu after a day's hiking in Oze.
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