Express tunnel collapse

Express tunnel collapse

KOSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2012, shows a vehicle outside Sasago Tunnel in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, after being trapped when the tunnel's concrete ceiling collapsed the previous day. The police confirmed nine bodies in three vehicles including this one trapped inside the 4.7-kilometer tunnel on the Chuo Expressway.

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