Hokkaido accident: 'Only thing I could hear was my wife screaming in the car and I can still hear it'

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He was driving a rental car in Japan with his wife and two daughters in the back seat when a lorry collided with their vehicle.

Jan 19, 2023

“So the very last minute, like maybe 150m or something, I saw the stop sign. Then I started applying the brakes, but it was too late to stop. The couple’s three-year-old daughter, Aanya, needed stitches on her head, while Mr Karthik suffered a hip fracture. Although this was their first trip to Japan as a family, the couple had travelled there many times, including six visits to Hokkaido – two of which were also in the winter.Mr Karthik said he fell in love with the country during his first visit in 2016.

 

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