Five dead in Japan's Hokkaido in highway crash - NHK

Five people were killed when an intercity bus and a large truck crashed on a highway in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido around noon on Sunday.

The intercity highway bus was carrying 15 passengers and the driver from Sapporo to a hot spring resort in the city of Hakodate, according to its operator. 

More than 10 people had been transported to hospitals in Yakumo town and Hakodate city by ambulance and helicopter, and five had been confirmed dead.

Police were investigating the cause of the accident that occurred around noon (0300 GMT), NHK reported.

(Reuters, The Japan Times)