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 one person dead and another unconscious and in critical condition, local media reported.
Several other people were also injured and taken to the hospital, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing police.
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, the report said.
According to police, the accident involved three trucks and a tractor-trailer. The trailer, the last of the four vehicles, is believed to have crashed into a line of vehicles slowed by traffic congestion.
The driver of one of the trucks that was rear-ended was taken to a hospital but was later pronounced dead. A front-seat passenger in the same truck was also transported to a hospital and remains unconscious and in critical condition. ■
