On the morning of the 15th, a total of four people, including parents and children, drowned at a beach in Kyotango City, Kyoto Prefecture, of which a mother in her 40s died.
Around 11:00 am on the 15th, at the Shotenkyo Beach in Kumihama-cho, Kyotango City, a guard contacted a police officer who was patrolling, saying, "It looks like people are drowning."
According to the police, a total of four people, a beautician in Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka (43), Terao's 12-year-old and 9-year-old sons, and a man in his 70s who was nearby and went to rescue. It means that I was drowned.
Of these, two sons and a man were soon rescued by a fishing boat that was sailing nearby and were taken to the hospital just in case, but the two sons were not injured and the man was also conscious at the time of transportation. is.
On the other hand, Mr. Terao was found about 15 meters off the beach about 2 hours later as a result of a search by police and the Japan Coast Guard, and was taken to a hospital, but was confirmed dead.
Mr. Terao was returning home with his two sons during the Obon holidays and was swimming at this beach on the 15th.
According to the Japan Coast Guard, the waves were a little high off the beach at that time.
Police are investigating the situation at the time.
The man who rescued "I felt the waves were high and the tide was tight."
Nobuhide Miyamoto (41), who was in charge of rescue while running a jet ski rental business near the site, said, "The police contacted me to help save lives, and I searched with the staff yesterday. The weather was bad, so the waves were high in the sea, and the jet skis I was riding on were washed away, and I felt the tide was tight. "