Hokkaido Hokuto One person died in an accident involving 10 or more cars Is visibility poor due to a snowstorm?

On the morning of the 21st, an accident involving more than 10 cars occurred on the Hakodate-Esashi Expressway in Hokuto City, Hokkaido, killing one person.

At that time, the area around the site was in a state of poor visibility due to a snowstorm, so police are investigating the detailed situation of the accident.

After 7:00 am on the 21st, an accident involving more than 10 cars occurred in the lane heading toward Hakodate between the Hokuto Oiwake Interchange and the Hokuto Chuo Interchange on the Hakodate Esashi Expressway in Hokuto City.

Five people were taken to the hospital complaining of foot and chest pain in the accident, and one died according to police.

According to the police, at that time, the area around the scene was in a state of poor visibility due to a snowstorm, so the police are investigating the detailed situation of the accident.

After the accident, the area around the site was congested and many cars were temporarily stuck, but the police are guiding them to the general road from a nearby interchange.

The Hakodate Esashi Expressway is closed on the up and down lines between the Hokuto Moheji Interchange and the Hokuto Oiwake Interchange due to accident handling.

The site is a "whiteout" view

A man in his 40s who was caught in a traffic jam near the Hokuto Chuo Interchange due to an accident on the Hakodate Esashi Expressway in Hokuto City took a so-called "whiteout" from inside the car around 8 am on the 21st. The situation where the visibility is obscured is reflected.

In the video, you can see that many cars stopped on the road in the blizzard, and the fire engine, which seems to be heading to the scene of the accident, was unable to move forward due to traffic jams.

The man who shot the video said, "I was working on snow removal from early morning on this day, and when I entered the Hakodate Esashi Expressway from the Hokuto Chuo Interchange at around 7:30 am to head to the next snow removal site, it was 100 meters. I was caught in a traffic jam before I could make progress. I couldn't see 10 meters ahead in the whiteout, and the situation where the car did not move continued for 3 hours. "