Small boat capsizes in river Two men die Hiroshima 5/17 5:17

On the night of the 28th, a small boat that overturned and two men sinking were found one after another in a river flowing through Hiroshima City, and death was confirmed. The two are going out for eel, and the police are examining the details.

At about 6:30 pm on the 28th, I found a small boat capsizeing in the Sanshino River in Shiraki-cho, Asahi-ku, Hiroshima City.

The firefighters and police who received the report searched the vicinity, and it was found that two men were sinking one after another downstream of the place where the boat was found, and both were confirmed dead on the spot.

According to police, Yasuyoshi Kuroda (71) and Nobutaka Shoji (77) live nearby.

The police are investigating the details of the fact that they were friends and went out to catch an eel from the evening on the 28th.