HOKKAIDO, Nov 03 (News On Japan) –
A truck that had fallen right into a river within the city of Okoppe on the Sea of Okhotsk facet of Hokkaido was discovered on the morning of November 2nd, with the physique of a person found inside.
Firefighters rescued one man from the automobile, however he was confirmed lifeless on the scene. The deceased was recognized as 75-year-old firm worker Toru Uchida from Okoppe. According to police, Uchida had gone out on the evening of November 1st to hold out upkeep work at a riverside park golf course and had been lacking since.
On November 1st, as a consequence of a low-pressure system, Okoppe skilled heavy rainfall exceeding 80 millimeters by way of the next day, inflicting the river to swell. Authorities imagine Uchida could have been caught within the rising waters and swept away when his truck fell into the river.
Source: 北海道ニュースUHB