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2 killed, seven injured in taxi plow into hospital in SW Japan

Xinhua, December 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

Two people were killed and at least seven injured after a taxi plowed into a hospital on Saturday in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.

The taxi, which carried no passenger, broke into a glass window near the entrance of the hospital and hit people inside the hospital.

The driver, a 64-year-old man, was arrested on the spot and said later that he tried to slow down but brakes of the car did not work.

The hospital is located in downtown Fukuoka and has a total of 359 beds. Endit