SHIGA, May 27, 2026 (News On Japan) –
Two Vietnamese development employees died on May twenty sixth after changing into trapped throughout concrete pouring work inside an underground agricultural water pipe in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture.
According to firefighters, an emergency name was made on the morning of May twenty sixth from a development website in Kusatsu reporting that “a man is not breathing after being covered in cement 12 meters underground.”
Emergency responders rushed to the scene and transported two employees, recognized as Vietnamese nationals Lu Thanh Vang, 27, and Nguyen Te Phong, 25, to hospital in cardiopulmonary arrest. Both have been later confirmed lifeless.
Shiga Prefecture officers mentioned the development work concerned filling an agricultural water pipe buried 12 meters underground with ready-mixed concrete in order that the pipe would now not be used.
Police consider the 2 males turned trapped contained in the pipe as concrete was being poured and are investigating the opportunity of skilled negligence leading to demise.
Source: KTV NEWS