Tokyo, Feb. 26 -- A passenger car has crashed into a crowd of tourists in Japan's western city of Nara, leaving two people with serious injuries that turned fatal for one of them, Japanese media have reported.
A 79-year-old owner of a local souvenir shop drove his car into a crowd of tourists on Sunday in the ancient Japanese capital city of Nara, the NHK broadcaster reported.
One of the two people who were hit by the car was a Taiwanese tourist who suffered injuries to their head and died three hours later, the broadcaster said. The other victim suffered a severe fracture injury to their lower back bones.
The driver was detained on suspicion of negligence causing death. He confessed to mixing up the brake and gas pedals.
The accident t...