Falling rock near the summit of Mt. Fuji One woman died while climbing August 26, 12:10
On the morning of the 26th, a fallen stone hit the head of a woman in her 20s who was climbing near the summit of Mt. Fuji, and the police rushed to confirm the identity of the woman and investigated the detailed situation.
According to the police and the fire department, at around 7:00 am on the 26th, there was a report from the person who was at the 5th station that there was a rockfall accident near the summit of Mt. Fuji.
The police and fire department headed to the scene, and a woman who appeared to be in her twenties fell down near the summit, and death was confirmed.
According to the police, the woman was climbing up to the summit with a group of several people from the mountain entrance on the Fujiyoshida side of Yamanashi Prefecture.
As members of this group saw a rock fall on a woman's head, the police are urgently checking the identity of the woman and examining the situation of the accident.
In this accident, Yamanashi Prefecture has closed the section from the 9th station on the mountain trail to the summit for inspection work.