4 Dec 2012

Police were searching the offices on Tuesday of the company operating an expressway tunnel where hundreds of concrete ceiling slabs collapsed onto moving vehicles below, killing nine people.

11:28AM
3 Dec 2012

Japan ordered inspections of ageing highway tunnels on Monday after a fiery collapse that killed nine people, as suspicion over the cause of the accident centred on decaying ceiling supports.

4:23PM
3 Dec 2012

Japanese rescuers found five charred bodies in an expressway tunnel that collapsed yesterday, crushing cars and triggering a blaze, and sparking fears of another cave-in.

4:31AM

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