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Mitsubishi Fuso reports 3 fatal accidents June 14-21
Kyodo News
Thursday, June 24, 2004 at 06:00 JST
TOKYO, JAPAN — Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp, humbled by multiple vehicle defect coverup incidents, said Wednesday there were six accidents between June 14 and June 21 involving vehicles built by the company and that drivers were killed in three of them.
A burnt Mitsubishi truck is parked in Matsuyama, western Japan Friday, June 18, 2004. The truck caught fire while its driver Noboru Yokohama was driving down a road. Yokohama said he smelled the clutch burning, and its engine started clatter before a fire broke out. Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. has recalled the same type of trucks at the end of March and the truck had gone through a repair in May. Yohama was not injured. The cause of fire is still under investigation. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Kyodo News
Thursday, June 24, 2004 at 06:00 JST
TOKYO, JAPAN — Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp, humbled by multiple vehicle defect coverup incidents, said Wednesday there were six accidents between June 14 and June 21 involving vehicles built by the company and that drivers were killed in three of them.

A burnt Mitsubishi truck is parked in Matsuyama, western Japan Friday, June 18, 2004. The truck caught fire while its driver Noboru Yokohama was driving down a road. Yokohama said he smelled the clutch burning, and its engine started clatter before a fire broke out. Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. has recalled the same type of trucks at the end of March and the truck had gone through a repair in May. Yohama was not injured. The cause of fire is still under investigation. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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