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| Ambulance and construction vehicles sit parked outside the Sasago tunnel in the city of Otsuki in Yamanashi prefecture, some 80 kms west of Tokyo on December 3, 2012, the morning after part of the tunnel collapsed, crushing cars and triggering a blaze inside. Rescuers found three crushed bodies in a collapsed tunnel on a major Japanese highway, taking the death toll to nine on December 3 as questions mounted about whether decaying ceiling supports caused the disaster. JAPAN OUT AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS |
TOKYO- Pemerintah Jepang memerintahkan inspeksi
terowongan-terowongan tua setelah runtuhnya terowongan Sasago. Hal ini dilakukan karena insinden yang menewaskan sembilan orang dan
melukai dua orang lainnya tersebut diduga terjadi karena konstruksi bangunan
sudah lapuk karena dimakan usia.
