Rescuers pulled a 2-year-old boy and his 39-year-old mother from the wreckage of their car Wednesday afternoon, four days after it was buried in a landslide triggered by deadly earthquakes that struck Niigata Prefecture.
Yuta Minagawa was found standing in a small space between some boulders and the flattened vehicle at around 2:40 p.m. and was rushed to a hospital in the city of Nagaoka for treatment.
But his mother, Takako, rescued about two hours later, was pronounced dead by hospital officials.