
A 91 year-old. driver, after making a U-turn on an expressway and driving 1.3 km in the wrong direction caused a head-on collision with another vehicle at around 6.15 a.m. on Jan 11th. The elderly driver, after sustaining heavy chest injuries was pronounced dead two hours after being brought to hospital.
The driver of the other vehicle, a 35 year old elementary school teacher, sustained light injuries, while his wife and 5 year old son were seriously injured.
asahi.com article here (japanese).