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Nine killed as highway tunnel ceiling collapses in Japan

Tokyo, Dec 3: Concrete ceiling panels fell onto moving vehicles deep inside a long Japanese highway tunnel, and authorities confirmed nine deaths before suspending rescue work Monday while the roof was being reinforced to prevent



It's expected to resume by afternoon. Goto said it's not clear if there are other survivors.



Police and the highway operator Central Japan Expressway Co. were investigating why the concrete panels collapsed.  

The size of each panel, how many fell and other details about the collapse were not immediately released.

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