On the night of the 17th, on the up line of the Sanyo Expressway in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, about 10 cars were involved, and in an accident where one woman died, the woman who died was out of the car that stopped for some reason. I found out in an interview with the police that I was probably involved in an accident.
At the time of the accident, the road surface was frozen, so police are investigating the details of the accident.
Around 8:30 pm on the 17th, there was an accident involving about 10 cars such as passenger cars and trucks near the Sabagawa service area on the Sanyo Expressway up line in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
In this accident, Mr. Kazue Kagiya (56), an office worker in Yamaguchi City who was in a passenger car, was killed by hitting his whole body and two men were injured.
According to the police, Mr. Kagiya's passenger car stopped in the opposite direction in the driving lane for some reason, and it seems that the following large truck collided there and Mr. Kagiya who was on the road was involved. is.
In Hofu City, the temperature at 8:30 pm on the 17th, when the accident occurred, was minus 1.1 degrees Celsius, and a heavy snow warning was issued.
At the time of the accident, the road surface around the site was frozen and there were multiple reports that "they slipped and caused an accident", so police are investigating the situation of the accident in more detail.
The site was about 1 km from the Sabagawa service area in the direction of Hiroshima, and due to the accident, about 80 cars were temporarily stuck.