Multiple-vehicle collision on snow-blanketed expressway in northeastern Japan

Multiple-vehicle collision on snow-blanketed expressway in northeastern Japan

Vehicles are seen stranded on the Tohoku Expressway in Osaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 19, 2021, after a multiple-vehicle collision occurred due to heavy snowfall that blanketed the region, leaving one person dead and 10 others hospitalized.

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