TOKYO, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- 18 people were left with slight injuries after the mini bus careened off a road and tumbled into a wooded area in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, local police said Monday.
According to the police, the accident occurred at 10:10 a.m. in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, as the mini bus, carrying mentally disabled people, was on its way to a nearby care facility.
Those aboard the bus including its driver had to be rescued from the vehicle that ended up inverted after dropping five meters from the road.
The driver reportedly told police that he swung the bus off to the left-hand side of the single-lane road to avoid a vehicle coming in the opposite direction.
Local police suspect driver negligence as the cause of the crash.
