Heavy snow this weekend on Hokkaido
island in northern Japan killed eight people, including a family trapped
in a buried car.
A policeman inspects the site where
Miyashita's vehicle got buried in the snow. Heavy snow that fell on the
main northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend has killed
eight people, including the family.
In this photo, the vehicle of Kazuyo
Miyashita is seen after being dug out of the snow along a road in
Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido. Kyodo news service says Miyashita, 40, her two
daughters Misa, 17, and Sayo, 14, and her son Daiki, 11, died at a
hospital Saturday night of carbon-monoxide poisoning after their vehicle
got buried in the snow.
Separately, Haruna
Kitagawa, 23, froze to death after leaving her car, stuck in the snow. A
53-year-old man died Sunday after getting buried in the snow, although
his 9-year-old daughter found with him was recovering, Kyodo said.
Also
over the weekend, a 54-year-old man and a 76-year-old man were found
collapsed in the snow in another part of Hokkaido, and both were
confirmed dead, it said.
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