4 dead, 10 hurt in 14-vehicle pileup on Chuo Expressway

4 dead, 10 hurt in 14-vehicle pileup on Chuo Expressway

KOFU, Japan - Three men and a woman died and 10 people were injured in a 14-vehicle pileup on the Chuo Expressway in Nishikatsura, Yamanashi Prefecture, on March 20. Police said smoke from a fire burning by the side of the expressway may have hindered drivers' vision and led to the pileup.

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