Did elementary school student drown in the river Did you go to get sandals? Tokyo Kiyose June 4, 0:09

On the 2nd, an elementary school girl was found drowning in a river in Kiyose, Tokyo, and she died at the hospital where she was transported. The Metropolitan Police Department is examining the situation at the time because the girl was playing with friends.

After 3:00 pm on the 2nd, a passer-by was contacted by a child playing nearby, saying "people are sinking" in the Yanasegawa in Kiyose, Tokyo.

Police officers rushed to investigate and found that about an hour later, a girl was drowning at the riverbed and was taken to the hospital, but died.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, it was that an eight-year-old girl in the third grade of elementary school who lived in the city died and was visiting the river with two friends.

According to the investigation so far, a friend says, "The sandals were washed away, so the girl went to get it."

The river is close to 2 meters deep, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the situation at the time, assuming that the girl drowned in the sandals she had washed away and thought that she drowned.