A senior Taiwanese official and members of her family died after her rental car collided with a truck while on holiday in Japan, police said on Monday.
The accident in Hokkaido on Friday killed Chung Lung, 65, a high-ranking official in Taiwan's Ministry of Culture, her 23-year-old son and 37-year-old daughter-in-law.
Chung's 35-year-old son, whose wife was killed, was at the wheel and survived but was in a critical condition, said a police spokesman, adding roads had been slippery.
The Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper said the accident, on a sharp bend, appeared to have happened when the rental car veered into the path of the oncoming truck, whose driver escaped with a slight injury.
Hokkaido is the northernmost Japanese island and is popular with tourists from Asia, who visit for its unspoilt beauty, ski resorts, and seafood.
The accident in Hokkaido on Friday killed Chung Lung, 65, a high-ranking official in Taiwan's Ministry of Culture, her 23-year-old son and 37-year-old daughter-in-law.
Chung's 35-year-old son, whose wife was killed, was at the wheel and survived but was in a critical condition, said a police spokesman, adding roads had been slippery.
The Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper said the accident, on a sharp bend, appeared to have happened when the rental car veered into the path of the oncoming truck, whose driver escaped with a slight injury.
Hokkaido is the northernmost Japanese island and is popular with tourists from Asia, who visit for its unspoilt beauty, ski resorts, and seafood.
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