On the morning of the 7th, there was an accident involving multiple cars on the up line of the Hokkaido Expressway in Tomakomai City, Hokkaido, and according to police, more than five people have been injured and taken to the hospital, one of them. Death was confirmed.
At around 6:40 am on the 7th, a person who passed by a car on the up line of the Hokkaido Expressway in Tomakomai City called 110, saying that an accident had occurred.
About five cars that seemed to be related to the accident were parked at the site, and they rolled over and the windshield was broken.
According to police, more than five people have been injured and taken to the hospital in the accident, of which one man, believed to be a foreigner, was found dead.
According to police investigation, there was a car that turned sideways on the lane at first, and the following car that tried to avoid it got caught up in the accident one after another by riding on the slope on the side of the road.
At that time, the area around the site was in a "black ice burn" where the wet road surface froze, and police are investigating that slipping may be the cause of the accident.
The Hokkaido Expressway is still closed on the up line between the Tomakomai East Interchange and the Tomakomai West Interchange because another accident involving multiple vehicles has occurred on the up line about 1 km away from the site. ..