On the prefectural road in Minami Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture, which experienced record heavy rain last week, a light passenger car was found falling into a place that was thought to have collapsed in the rain on the morning of the 8th, and a man was found dead from the driver's seat. it was done.
Police are confirming the identity and investigating how the vehicle fell.
Around 6:30 a.m. on the 8th, Fukui Prefectural Civil Engineering Office patrols found a light passenger car overturned in a hole about 3 meters deep on a prefectural road in Daimon, Minami-Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture. A staff member found it.
Police and fire departments investigated and found that a man in his 60s and 70s was found dead in the driver's seat of a light passenger car.
The prefectural road at the scene was believed to have collapsed due to record-breaking rain last week, and when prefectural officials and locals confirmed shortly after 7:00 p.m. It is believed that it fell from the morning of the 8th.
Around the collapsed road, the prefectural government and others had installed colored cones as markers in advance to prevent vehicles from passing, so the police proceeded to confirm the identity of the man, and whether there was any impact from the heavy rain. And so on, we are carefully investigating the circumstances.