Gifu, father died after helping two sons shed in the river

After helping two sons washed away in the river, his father drowned and died Gifu June 8 18:39

On the afternoon of the 8th, a 45-year-old man died after drowning in the Nagara River, Mino City, Gifu Prefecture, after helping two sons of elementary school children who were swept away while playing in the river.

At around 1:40 pm on the 8th, when a man sank in the Nagara River in Maeno, Mino City, a man nearby reported to the fire department.

A rushing fire station found and rescued a man about 10 meters downstream from the location of the shed, but was confirmed dead about an hour later.

Ichimoto Iwamoto (45), a food and drink business in Unuma Mitsuike Town, Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, died, and he was camping in Kawara from the 7th with 6 families.

According to the police, Mr. Iwamoto had a barbecue around 11 am on the 8th, but the 9-year-old eldest son who was in the river and playing together and the 7-year-old second son were washed away by the river, so let's help It means that

The eldest son and second son were rescued by Mr. Iwamoto and a firefighter man who was nearby, but Mr. Iwamoto was rescued by the children and then swept into the river.

The site is a river near the Minohashi bridge over the Nagara River, and in the summer it is a crowded place for tourists playing in the river, but police say that water accidents are frequent.