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These days, Japan’s Hokkaido region is suffering from deer.
This is because deer in the breeding season run wildly from roads to railroad tracks, causing major and minor accidents.
Correspondent Lee Kyung-ah from Tokyo reports.
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A deer suddenly appeared from the left side of the road.
It drives without regard for surrounding vehicles.
Then, excitedly, he changed direction and ran, crashed into the fence and collapsed.
The deer eventually crossed the road and jumped into the lake.
“There are a lot of (deer)…”
A group of dozens of deer cross the road with a frightening force.
The sudden appearance of deer leads to major and minor accidents.
On the 26th, on a national highway in eastern Hokkaido, a vehicle that hit a deer jumped into the road and collided with a vehicle in the opposite lane, killing two people.
Not only on the road, but also on the train, which resulted in disruption of service.
[홋카이도 아사리역 안내 방송 (지난 22일) : 사슴이 충돌한 영향으로 열차 다수가 운행이 중단됐습니다. 불편을 끼쳐 죄송합니다.]
Last year, there were about 4,000 deer-related accidents in Hokkaido.
Of these, the largest number of accidents (22%) occur in October because of the deer’s ecology.
[홋카이도 수렵동우회 관계자 : 대체로 10월 중순부터 11월 초까지 사슴이 번식기에 들어갑니다. 수사슴이 암사슴이 있는 곳으로 밤에 이동하거나 하는 일이 많이 있습니다.]
Drivers to and from the area will not be able to relax until the ferocious breeding season deer activity subsides.
This is Kyungah Lee from YTN in Tokyo.
YTN Kyungah Lee (kalee@ytn.co.kr)
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