After noon on the 19th, an 88-year-old woman who seems to have been removing snow was found buried in the snow under the eaves of her house in Obanazawa City, Yamagata Prefecture, and was confirmed dead on the spot.
Around 0:30 pm on the 19th, a security guard who visited his house saw Mr. Sugano collapsed in the snow under the eaves of Mr. Kimino Kanno (88) in Oginofukuro, Obanazawa City, Yamagata Prefecture. discovered.
Firefighters rushed to the scene, but it was confirmed that Mr. Kanno had died on the spot.
According to the police, there was a shovel for shoveling snow near the place where Mr. Sugano had fallen, and snow had fallen from the roof under the eaves.
Police are investigating the situation in detail, considering that Mr. Kanno may have fallen under the snow that had fallen from the roof during the snow removal work, or that he may have fallen from the roof with the snow.