Snow On The Road

 

Japan – According to the news recently last January 19,2021 Tuesday, another snow related incident happens on Japan’s roads. A pile up of 130 vehicles collided each other on the Tohoku Expressway leaving one dead and 10 injured because of a heavy snowfall that cover the road or the expressway. Those people who are involved in the incident were given food, water, and blankets to keep them warm

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“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.”(BBC)

 

“One person died and at least 10 were injured after the vehicles collided. Authorities had already enforced a 50km (31mile) speed limit on the road due to visibility. There was a maximum wind speed of about 100km/h (62mph) at the time of the incident, local weather officials said. Those who were involved have been given drinking water and food, and have been provided with blankets to keep warm.”(BBC)

 

In another incident prior to it, according to the news, more than 1200 vehicles and drivers were trapped and stranded on the snow filled road of Hokuriku Expressway with six feet snow on the island of Honshu.

 

Last December 2020, a similar incident also happens stranding 1000 vehicles on Kanetsu Expressway, according to the news.

 

The main point: Snow on roads incident happens one after the another on Japan’s expressways stranding vehicles and people particularly according to the news on Kanetsu Expressway, Hokuriku Expressway, and more recently on Tohoku Expressway.

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