Snow from building kills student Japan
TOKYO - Heavy snow slid off the roof of a school building, has killed a student in northern Japan last Wednesday, police said.
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The 23 year old veterinary student was pulled from the snow Wednesday morning after going missing hours earlier in the city of Ebetsu on the northern island of Hokkaido, a police official said.
A team of rescuers carefully searched around the building as they shoveled the massive pile of snow but found nobody else trapped, fire officials said.The accident comes as Japan struggles through one of its snowiest winters on record.
On Friday of last week, an avalanche buried an outdoor hot spring at a popular traditional inn in the northern prefecture of Akita, killing one person and injuring 16. (AP)
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