Oita Yufu Searching for four missing people Was it in a car that had been washed away July 13 13:06
A car was swept away by dawn on the 8th, and the police and fire departments have been conducting searches for nine days around the river in Yufu City, Oita Prefecture, where it is difficult to know the whereabouts of the four families who were supposed to have been riding.
In the early morning of the 8th, there was a report that a car was swept away at the Kagono River in Shimoyudaira, Yufuin-cho, Yufu City, Oita Prefecture. After that, the whereabouts of four people who seemed to have been on this car are unknown.
According to the city and acquaintances, 4 people are a family who runs a local inn business, a couple in their 50s, a mother in their 80s, and the eldest son in their 20s, and police and firefighters have been searching around the site from the 8th. I will.
On the 9th, police and fire fighters gathered around the site around 8 am, and a total of about 70 people gathered around the site to expand the range from the 8th and search for the downstream of the river and in case of heavy rain, it is safe. We confirmed that we would prioritize security and suspend the search.
After that, 70 people traveled by car to the places in charge and searched for rice fields in river banks and basins.
According to the police etc., no clues have been found in the search so far.
The area around the site looked clear from the morning of the 9th, but the river was still brown and muddy, and there was a place where the drained sediment remained in the road.
``The scaffolding along the river is prone to collapse, so I'd like to search safely so that I can respond to the feelings of the disaster victims,'' said Captain Tahiro Ito of the 2nd platoon of the Oita Second Division of the Kyushu District Police Corps during the search. It was