7 killed in Tokyo Disneyland bus crash April 29, 2012 - 18:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A bus carrying dozens of vacationers to Tokyo Disneyland has crashed on a highway, killing seven passengers, AP reported. Police say the other 38 passengers and the 43-year-old driver were injured, 13 of them seriously, in Sunday April 29 morning's accident on a highway in Gunma, north of Tokyo. The bus crashed into a roadside wall. Steel wall panels sliced its body in half. Police are investigating the cause. They say all the passengers are believed to be Japanese nationals, mostly young adults. Police were having difficulty identifying the bodies. They identified two of the seven dead - a man and a woman, both 50. The five other victims were women. The passengers were mostly vacationers going to Tokyo Disneyland as Japan headed into this week's "Golden Week" holidays. Partner news  Top stories The bomber set off his explosives outside the gate of the United Nations Development Program base before attackers ran inside. Hamid Karzai accused Washington of mixed messages regarding peace talks with the Taliban, his spokesman said. The deal is estimated at $700mln-$1bln, Vedomosti newspaper reported citing sources in the Russian defense industry. Ahmadinejad will be replaced by Hassan Rowhani as president on August 3 following presidential elections last week.   Partner news |  Latest news Pirate Bay co-founder sentenced to two years in prison  Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was found guilty of hacking into computers at a company that manages data for the Swedish tax authority.Average monthly salary totals AMD 149 364 in May 2% and 7,2% growth was recorded in salaries of budgetary and private organizations totaling AMD 115 029 and AMD 199 492 resp.U.S. human trafficking report downgrades Russia, China This year’s report states that the Russian government “does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.”U.S.- Taliban peace talks unlikely on June 20, source says Senior Afghan officials had accused Washington of breaking assurances to Kabul that the new office would not be used as a de facto mission. |
