A 15-year-old high-school student died of drowning Chiba Mihama ward coast August 5 21:39

A 15-year-old high school student, who had been playing in the sea on the beach in Mihama-ku, Chiba City, died in the afternoon on the 5th.

On the 5th, too late at 3:00 pm, a person who was near "ZOZO Marine Stadium" in Mihama Ward, Chiba City, reported that "the whereabouts of the boy playing in the sea are unknown" to the fire department.

A search was conducted by the 3rd Division Coast Guard Headquarters and the fire department, and it was found that a 15-year-old high school student living in Sakai City, Chiba Prefecture, was floating and hovering 50 meters offshore, and was taken to a hospital However, about one hour later, death was confirmed.

According to the Japan Coast Guard Headquarters, one of the friends said that the high school students had come to play with two friends and that one of the three friends went out of the ocean from the coast, but they lost their sight. It means that

The area of ​​the high school students playing was prohibited from swimming, so the Japan Coast Guard and others have examined the detailed history of that time.