Six people died in a vehicle collision involving a large cargo truck inside the Nonobori tunnel in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture. The accident, which sparked a fire, occurred around 2:20 a.m., police said.
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Ten people have been confirmed dead and about 35 others seriously injured in a crash early Monday at Karai near Naivasha on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway. A passenger bus heading to Nairobi from the west collided head-on with a matatu, with police investigating the cause. The incident follows another accident that killed five just two days earlier.
A massive pileup involving 67 vehicles on the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture's Minakami town on Friday night left two dead and 26 injured. The accident is believed to have been caused by a frozen road surface, with a fire breaking out. The Tokyo-bound lane partially reopened early Sunday.
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A massive pileup involving more than 50 cars on the Kan-Etsu Expressway in Minakami, Gunma Prefecture, killed a 77-year-old woman and injured 26 others on Friday night. At least 16 vehicles caught fire during the crash, which occurred on a road covered in packed snow. The expressway remains closed between the Yuzawa Interchange in Niigata Prefecture and the Tsukiyono Interchange in Gunma Prefecture.
On January 4, 2026, many Japanese returned to major cities after spending year-end and New Year holidays in hometowns or tourist spots. This caused severe congestion on trains, highways, and other transport links. By 5:30 p.m., the Tohoku Expressway had 27 kilometers of backups, according to the Japan Road Traffic Information Center.
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One of the injured victims from the December 19 N2 highway crash at Kwambonami in KwaZulu-Natal has died in hospital, raising the death toll to five.
A worker died on Saturday from severe burns during a traditional mountain burning event at Akiyoshidai park in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan's largest karst plateau. Authorities said the controlled blaze started around 10 a.m., and about 20 minutes later, firefighters reported a man engulfed in flames, who was rushed to a hospital and later pronounced dead. The incident occurred despite enhanced safety measures following a similar fatal accident in 2017.
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Nine people died in two separate road accidents in Kenya on the night of December 24, 2025, as the world celebrated Christmas. One crash occurred at Mukhonje in Lugari constituency on the Eldoret-Webuye highway, and the other at Sachangwan in Nakuru County. More than 15 others suffered severe injuries and are receiving treatment in hospitals.