On the 12th, a cargo ship collided with a small ship off the coast of Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture, killing one person on the small ship and leaving one missing. A 53-year-old sailor was arrested on suspicion of accidental fatal injury in business.
Around 3:30 am on the 12th, a 68-year-old man on a small ship died when a cargo ship "21 Moriyama Maru" and a small ship "Kumi X" collided offshore of Sasebo City. , 71-year-old captain is missing.
A 12-year-old boy, the grandson of a dead man, was also on a small boat, but was rescued by a nearby boat and was safe.
In this accident, the Sasebo Coast Guard arrested a 53-year-old cargo ship sailor, Masaaki Matsuda, in Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, on suspicion of negligence and fatal injury during operations.
It means that he admits the suspicion to the investigation.
The site is about 3 km south of Kuroshima, a remote island in Sasebo City, and the Sasebo Coast Guard Department will search for the captain of a small ship that has been missing for 13 days.