On the morning of the 3rd, a man in his 60s was found dead in a river in Nakayama Town, Yamagata Prefecture.
Police are investigating that a man may have fallen into the river during snow removal work because a shovel for shoveling snow had fallen in the river.
After 7:00 am on the 3rd, in the river of Yanagisawa, Nakayama Town, Yamagata Prefecture, a person living nearby reported to the fire department that "a person has fallen".
When police and fire departments rushed to the scene, a man in his 60s who lived nearby was found dead in the river.
According to the police, a shovel for shoveling snow had fallen in the river, so police are investigating that the man may have fallen into the river while removing snow.
In Yamagata Prefecture, a series of snow accidents occurred on the 3rd, and a man in his 60s who was unloading snow on the roof of a house in Yonezawa City slipped and fell to the ground, injuring his left ankle. In Sakegawa Village, a man in his 80s fell off the roof while it was snowing and was injured by breaking his ribs.
Furthermore, in Takahata Town, a woman in her 50s tried to use a stick to remove snow from the roof from the balcony on the 4th floor of the apartment, but she lost her balance and fell and injured her leg.