2 trucks collide on expressway

2 trucks collide on expressway

HIKONE, Japan - Wreckage block the Meishin expressway in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on July 23 following a traffic accident in which the drivers of two trucks were killed when their vehicles collided and caught fire. One of the trucks first collided into the backside of a trailer, then crossed the highway divider and crashed into the front of another truck.

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