Father drowns and tries to save his daughter drowning in the sea Tottori Iwami Town August 9th 17:45
On the coast of Iwami Town, Tottori Prefecture, two parents and a child bathing in the sea were found to have been drowned in the sea, and their father in his 40s died at the hospital where he was transported.
After 11:00 am on the 9th, police and the fire department reported that the parent and child were drowning in the sea on the coast of Uratomi, Iwami-cho.
The parents and children were rescued by other beach bathers, but died at a hospital in Tottori city, where they were transported, without being aware of their father, Yoshiyuki Nishiwaki (48).
The 12-year-old eldest daughter, who was rescued with her, was transported to a hospital in the town and is conscious.
According to police, this family was visiting the beach from Chizu-cho with five parents and two children, the eldest daughter of 12 years old and the second daughter of 8 years old, drowned, so Nishiwaki, who was on the beach, helped by swimming. It means that I went to.
Nishiwaki is said to have drowned when she returned to the sea to rescue her eldest daughter after she rescued her second daughter.
A man in his 20s who witnessed said, "Another bather was entering the sea to rescue the man. The scene seemed noisy."
According to Iwami-cho, the site used to be a beach, but swimming has been banned for several years, so the police are investigating the details by talking to the people at the site.