A kindergarten bus crashed into a house in Chiba Prefecture on Monday, leaving the driver dead. The driver, in his 40s, was confirmed dead at hospital. Nine children age four to five and a female kindergarten employee in her 50s who were also on the bus were taken to hospital, but they are not in any life-threatening condition. The bus crossed into the oncoming lane and crashed into the fence of the house. Police are investigating the cause of the accident, which took place at a residential district about 1.2 kilometers northeast of Magomezawa Station on the Tobu Urban Park Line.