On the afternoon of the 3rd, an 86-year-old man who was shoveling the roof of a warehouse in Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture, was found buried in the snow and was taken to a hospital but died.

According to police, Ryoichi Igarashi (86) was removing snow from the roof of a two-story warehouse on his premises at Izumita, Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture, around 3:00 pm on the 3rd. I did.



As a result of family and neighbors examining the surrounding area, Igarashi was found buried in the snow, and Igarashi was taken to the hospital unconscious, but was confirmed dead about two hours later. ..



It means that it seems to be suffocated.



According to the police, when Mr. Igarashi was found, a ladder was hung in the warehouse, and the police thought that Mr. Igarashi might have stepped off trying to climb the ladder or was caught in a snowfall. I am investigating in detail.