Tujuh Hilang setelah Terowongan Runtuh
Seven Missing as Highway Tunnel Collapse
Editor : Taswin Bahar
Translator : Parulian Manalu
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SEDIKITNYA tujuh orang dikhawatirkan hilang setelah bagian dari sebuah terowongan jalan utama runtuh di barat Tokyo.
Beberapa tubuh terbakar dilaporkan telah ditemukan di antara puing-puing di Terowongan Sasago, sekitar 50 mil di luar ibukota Jepang.
Media setempat melaporkan tim penyelamat telah menghentikan pencarian lantaran khawatir pada runtuh susulan.
Seorang wanita yang menyelamatkan diri dari mobil sewaannya setelah terjebak di terowongan sepanjang 2,5 mil, mengatakan kepada pihak berwenang ia ragu pada kondisi lima penumpang lain yang satu mobil dengannya.
Dua kendaraan diketahui terjebak di reruntuhan, menunjukkan sedikitnya tujuh orang terjebak di dalam, seperti dilansir Badan Penanggulangan Bencana dan Pemadam Kebakaran, yang dikutip Mail Online.
Dikatakan dua orang dipastikan terluka. Penyebab runtuhnya terowongan sedang diselidiki.
Kendaraan polisi, mobil pemadam kebakaran dan ambulans hanya bisa berkumpul di luar pintu masuk terowongan.
AT LEAST seven people are feared missing after parts of a major road tunnel collapsed west of Tokyo.
Several burned bodies have reportedly been found among the rubble at the Sasago Tunnel, around 50 miles outside the capital.
Local media reported rescuers had suspended work out of fears of another collapse.
A woman who escaped from her rental car after it was trapped in the 2.5 mile-long tunnel told authorities she was unsure about the condition of five other people who had been in the vehicle with her.
Another two vehicles were known to be buried in the rubble, suggesting at least seven people were trapped inside, according to a statement by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
It said two people were confirmed injured. The cause in the collapse of the tunnel was under investigation.
Police vehicles, fire trucks and ambulances were massed outside the tunnel´s entrance.
