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Man drops 2-year-old son into river; then goes missing while trying to rescue him

Aug 20 (Japan Today) - Police and firefighters in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Sunday morning resumed their search for a 41-year-old man who went missing on Saturday night after he jumped into a river to search for his two-year–old son whom he accidentally dropped into the river from a bridge.

According to police and witnesses, the incident occurred at Kinugawa Onsen Fureai Bridge at around 9 p.m. Fuji TV reported that Yange was on the bridge, holding his son, watching a fireworks display. When he leaned over the bridge railing, the boy slipped from his grasp and fell about 10 meters into the river below. Yange immediately jumped into the river after his son but was apparently swept away by an undercurrent, police believe.

Witnesses called 110 and the boy was found on a riverbank about one hour later. He suffered light injuries but his life is in no danger, police said Sunday.

Police said that at the tine of the incident, the river was swollen due to heavy rain during the week.

Source: ANNnewsCH

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