Transport ministry officials enter Kanbara Tetsudo in Gosen, Niigata Prefecture, on Thursday to conduct an on-site inspection. | JIJI

GOSEN, NIIGATA PREF. – A 17-year-old male high school student was killed in a microbus crash that happened on the Ban-Etsu Expressway in the city of Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Wednesday.

The incident involved multiple vehicles, including the microbus, leaving a total of 20 people, including a driver of the microbus, injured.

The deceased victim, Hiroto Inagaki, from the city of Niigata, was among the passengers of the microbus, which crashed into a guardrail on the expressway's inbound lane near the Bandaiatami Interchange. Inagaki was thrown into the outbound lane and was confirmed dead at the scene. He died due to blood loss.

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