Ship collision injures 2 in Japan
16 Jan 2014 5:40 AM IST
Television footage showed the upturned hull of a small fishing boat in the Seto Inland Sea off Hiroshima after what the coastguard said was a collision at around 8:00 am (2300 GMT Tuesday) with the 8,900-ton Osumi, a naval transport ship. All four people aboard the fishing boat were pulled from the water.
A coastguard spokesman said two of them were conscious, but the other two - including the captain - were in cardio-respiratory arrest. The term is usually used by first responders of people who have died but have not yet been certified by a doctor.
Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera expressed regret for the incident and pledged his ministry's full cooperation in the coastguard's investigation into its cause.
The 178-metre- (584-feet-) Osumi had recently been deployed to the Philippines, transporting aid supplies for victims of Typhoon Haiyan that struck in November.
A coastguard spokesman said two of them were conscious, but the other two - including the captain - were in cardio-respiratory arrest. The term is usually used by first responders of people who have died but have not yet been certified by a doctor.
Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera expressed regret for the incident and pledged his ministry's full cooperation in the coastguard's investigation into its cause.
The 178-metre- (584-feet-) Osumi had recently been deployed to the Philippines, transporting aid supplies for victims of Typhoon Haiyan that struck in November.
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