Spilled tea leaves led to multi-vehicle crash in Tochigi prefecture, Japan, that left one person dead. Photo / Getty Images
Spilled tea leaves led to multi-vehicle crash in Tochigi prefecture, Japan, that left one person dead. Photo / Getty Images
Tea leaves spilt from a truck caused a multi-vehicle collision in Japan that killed one person and injured three others, local media reported.
The leaves, scattered along a roughly 500m stretch of road in Tochigi prefecture, caused more than 10 vehicles to skid and crash on Sunday, the Mainichi Shimbunand other media reported, citing local police.
Four people aged from their 50s to 70s were taken to hospital and one man, aged 78, was later confirmed dead, the Mainichi said.
The man who died had been driving a small commercial vehicle, which is believed to have skidded and mounted the median strip.
After he got out of the vehicle, he was reportedly struck by a truck.
