At an elementary school in Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, a fifth grade boy who had become unconscious due to a throat stuffed with bread for lunch on the 7th of this month died before dawn on the 11th.

The Sado City Board of Education says, "We take the tragic accident very seriously and want to try to prevent it from happening again."

On the 7th of this month, a 5th grade boy who attended an elementary school in Sado City was taken to a hospital in Niigata City by helicopter with his lunch bread stuck in his throat, but he was unconscious.



The boy was being treated at the hospital, but died shortly after 2:00 am on the 11th.



The rice flour bread, which was about 10 cm in diameter and about 3 cm thick, was served for lunch and has been provided at elementary schools in the city for 11 years, and no such accidents have occurred so far. about it.



Yasushi Shibata, the superintendent of education of the Sado City Board of Education, said, "We take very seriously that a tragic accident has occurred in a school that should be safe and secure. I would like to take good care of my heart. "