Paralympic Medalist in Critical Condition After Traffic Accident; Racing Wheelchair Hits Other Vehicle
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At around 6:25 a.m. on the 19th, a light commercial vehicle rear-ended a 55-year-old man from Okinawa City who was practicing in a racing wheelchair on the Kaichu Road, Prefectural Road No. 10, in Uruma City. The man is in critical condition, unconscious, with a brain contusion and a fractured neck. According to investigators, the man is Hirokazu Ueyonahara, a wheelchair track and field athlete and Paralympic medalist.
On the morning of the 19th, a light commercial vehicle rear-ended a racing wheelchair on a prefectural road in Uruma City, leaving Paralympic medalist Hirokazu Kamiyahara, who was in the wheelchair, in critical condition and unconscious. According to the police, the accident occurred on Prefectural Road 10, "Kaichu Road," in Uruma City, at around 6:30 a.m. on the 19th, when a light commercial vehicle traveling from Yakeina towards Henza Island r…
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