79-year-old man died in irrigation canal Ehime Saijo at 8:11 pm, July 8 during flood warning
A 79-year-old man was found dead in the irrigation canal in Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture on the afternoon of the 7th. In Saijo City, a flood warning was issued from noon on the 7th, and police are investigating the cause of death of the man.
According to Saijo City, at around 5:30 pm on the 7th, a person passing by reported a fire to the fire department at the city of Shufu, Saijo City, saying, "A person is falling in the waterway."
When a fire department rushed to the site, a man was found dead near the exit of a waterway running under the road, confirming his death there.
The one who died was a 79-year-old man who lived about 70 meters away from the site, and behind the man's house was an irrigation canal with a depth of about 40 cm leading to the site.
According to the meteorological observatory, in Saijo City, heavy rain fell temporarily on the 7th, and a flood warning was issued from before noon to after noon to warn the river to rise. Police are investigating the cause of the death of the man.