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UPI
Tunnel Collapse blamed on aging bolts
TOKYO, Dec. 3 (UPI) — After a highway tunnel collapsed in Japan, killing nine people, its operator said at a press conference aging ceiling bolts may have caused the collapse.
Ryoichi Yoshikawa, Central Japan Expressway Co.’s head of maintenance, said Monday of the incident Sunday in the Sasago Tunnel, 85 kilometers (53 miles) west of Tokyo, bolts holding 1.2-ton concrete panels to the ceiling of the tunnel were never replaced, and there are no records of repair work done in the past.
Tunnel collapse blamed on aging bolts
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World News Australia
Japan tunnel death toll reaches nine
Witnesses have described terrifying scenes as a vehicle burst into flames in one of Japan’s longest road tunnels, sending out clouds of acrid smoke.
Rescuers have found three more bodies in a collapsed tunnel on a major Japanese highway, taking the death toll to nine.
Nine dead in Japan tunnel collapse: reports | SBS World News
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Motorists feared trapped amid burning vehicles
Tunnel collapse kills four in Yamanashi
At least four people were killed and two injured Sunday in Yamanashi Prefecture after a tunnel on the Chuo Expressway collapsed, crushing vehicles and starting fires inside, police said.
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| Expressway nightmare: Police, firefighters and ambulance crews converge on the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture Sunday after a 50-meter section of its ceiling collapsed, triggering vehicle fires and trapping several motorists. KYODO |
Three of the victims were in a party of six traveling in a rented van that apparently caught fire after it was crushed. Authorities also said that a truck driver who called for help after being trapped had died, and said others could be stranded as well.
The accident took place in the 4.7-km Sasago Tunnel near Otsuki, about 80 km west of Tokyo, when about 180 concrete panels covering a 110-meter section of the ceiling collapsed at around 8 a.m., according to local police and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
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Authorities closed off the busy expressway between the Otsuki and Katsunuma junctions and launched a criminal probe into its operator, Central Nippon Expressway Co., on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and injury.
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A stream of people was seen coming out the other exit after abandoning their vehicles, the broadcaster said.
The tunnel, which passes through hills not far from Mount Fuji, is one of the longest in Japan and sits on a major highway connecting Tokyo with the center and west of the country.
Tunnel collapse kills four in Yamanashi
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MailOnline
Seven missing as highway tunnel caves in west of Tokyo while rescuers fear a second collapse
- Several burned bodies have reportedly been found among the rubble
- Video footage from cameras inside the tunnel show firefighters picking their way through cement roof panels that collapsed onto vehicles
- The cause of the Sasago Tunnel collapse in Japan is under investigation
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YAHOO! NEWS
2 December 2012
Japan: ‘Bodies Found’ After Tunnel Collapse
Sky News – 11 minutes ago
The Sasago tunnel on the busy Chuo Expressway, about 80-km (50 miles) west from Tokyo, caved in just after 8am local time, sending debris crashing down on cars and triggering a fire.
Seven people were believed to be missing and two were injured, the fire service said.
At least two cars were thought to be trapped.
Japan: ‘Bodies Found’ After Tunnel Collapse
- Charred bodies found in Japan tunnel collapse – AFP via Yahoo!7 News
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