River fishing man washed away and died Kumamoto Hikawacho September 7 18:29
In the afternoon of Hikawa-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture, an elderly man who was fishing was washed away in the river and confirmed dead.
Around 0:30 pm on the 7th, when a man who was fishing in the Hikawa flowing through Hikawa Town God was washed away by the river, a person who was fishing nearby reported to the fire department.
Firefighters and police found a man in the river about an hour and a half later, raised it 200 meters downstream, but were confirmed dead in the transported hospital.
The person who died was Akiyoshi Yamaguchi (79) in Toyocho, Yatsushiro.
According to the police, Mr. Yamaguchi wore rubber pants up to his chest and went fishing into the river.
The police are investigating in detail, assuming that Mr. Yamaguchi slipped into the river. The site is near a suspension bridge called Ryujin Bridge, which means that fishing people visit this time.