Japan's festival float accident injures 11 in Osaka

TOKYO, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people were injured on Sunday as a large festival float overturned in western Japan's Osaka prefecture.

The accident took place at around 9 a.m. local time, when a Danjiri, a large four-wheel wooden float pulled forward by many people using the float's ropes, turned sideways after making a sharp turn at an intersection in the city of Sakai.

Footage on social media showed