Search for men washed away in mountain stream resumed Akita Oct. 9 8:46
Two men and women in their 70s who were participating in a tour of scenic spots in a mountain stream in Kitaakita City, Akita Prefecture on the 8th, were swept away, and the police and the fire department resumed searching for the missing men from the morning of 9th did.
Around 0:30 pm on the 8th, Shinya Ono (73) in Semboku City, Akita Prefecture, who was a guide for a tour of scenic spots in the upstream stream of Lake Taihei, a lake in Kitaakita City, and 70 of the guests A teenage woman was swept away.
As a result of police and fire department searches, a woman was rescued approximately 150 meters downstream from the scene and transported to the hospital, but confirmed dead.
The police are confirming their identity, assuming that the woman who died is a woman in her 70s living in Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, who was participating in the tour.
On the other hand, Mr. Ono was not discovered in the search on the 8th, and the police and the fire department resumed the search with about 50 people from around 7am on the 9th.
According to the police, the tour was planned by a company in Tokyo, and the participants were aiming for the `` Minami waterfall '' in the depths of Lake Taihei. When we tried to cross the river which was supported and increased, both of them were washed away by the river.