On November 27 of the same year, there was an traffic accident that the jinrikisha (a taxi-like vehicle pulled by a man) carrying ITO crashed a horse-drawn buggy and wrecked, and ITO fell off and badly injured, so the Minister of Home Affairs, Kaoru INOUE (Japan) served as the acting temporary prime minister until February 7 of the next year.
なお、同年11月27日に伊藤が乗っていた人力車が馬車と衝突して大破し、転落した伊藤が重傷を負ったために井上馨内務大臣(日本)が臨時首相代理を翌年2月7日まで務めるという交通事故が起きている。