TOKYO, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- A four-vehicle accident involving trucks occurred on an expressway that crosses Tokyo Bay in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Thursday morning, leaving two people dead and three others taken to the hospital, local media reported.
Authorities received an emergency call shortly before 7 a.m. local time reporting a multi-vehicle accident on the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK reported.
The accident occurred inside an underwater tunnel on the expressway and involved three trucks and a tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer is believed to have crashed into a line of trucks stuck in a traffic jam, the report said, citing police.
The driver of one of the trucks that was rear-ended and a front-seat passenger in the same vehicle were taken to the hospital unconscious. Both were later pronounced dead. ■
