What's new

130-car pileup in Tohoku snow

Buntaro

運動不足
27 Dec 2003
2,415
1,221
178
A huge snowstorm has struck a highway in north Japan, causing a 130-car pile-up, killing one person and injuring 10.

The storm blanketed a stretch of the Tohoku Expressway in Miyagi prefecture at around noon (03:00 GMT) on Tuesday.

Some 200 people have been caught up in the pile-up and rescuers are currently at the scene, officials said.

Japan has been hit by severe snow storms in recent weeks with some parts of the country seeing double the average expected snowfall.

 
Yikes!

I'm surprised that only one person died and only 10 were injured.
 
Back
Top Bottom