Tokyo: One person has been killed and at least 17 injured in a massive pile-up of at least 134 vehicles in blizzard conditions on a highway in northern Japan, officials say.
About 200 people were stranded on Tuesday in the pile-up, which forced the closure of the Tohoku Expressway in Miyagi prefecture, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.
Cars and trucks are stuck on the snowy Tohoku Expressway in Miyagi prefecture.Credit:Kyodo News via AP
Public broadcaster NHK said highway authorities finished cleaning up the debris after about eight hours.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said a truck rammed into a passenger car, triggering the pile-up over a one-kilometre stretch of the highway. One person was killed, he said.
