More than 1,000 people were trapped by snow on a highway in Japan

2020-12-18T22:02:12.061Z

In the early hours of Thursday, authorities closed the highway entrance to ease the traffic jam. More than 1,000 people in Japan spent Thursday night in their cars in a traffic jam on a highway during heavy snowfall. The incident occurred on the Kanetsu Expressway that connects the prefectures of Tokyo and Niigata. In the early hours of Thursday, authorities closed the highway entrance to ease the traffic jam.