In this article, Martin Fackler writes about the death of seven Japanese due to a collapse of highway tunnel. Fackler first draws the readers's attention by describing how the incident happened. 7 people were trapped in their vehicles when the tunnel collapsed, which started a fire that filled the passage with smoke. Then the writer goes on by describing it in more detailes: According to the natural disaster management agency, the vehicles were crushed by the Sasago Tunnel, 50 miles west of Toky. However, it remained unclear why all of these happened. It killed people from 3 different vehicles and Central Nippon Expressway even held a news conference to apologize for the accident, and were in investigation to find out the reason. Then finally the writer ends the article by informing that this incident made a section of Chuo Expressway close, which connects Tokyo to western Japan.
The purpose of this article seems to be simply just to inform the readers what has happened recently in Japan. It is a different informing article because many people think that technology in Japan is developed and it is common for people to think that it is safe, but things such as these happen sometimes. Even though it did not kill many, the whole tunnel collapsed, which could have caused more damage. The writer, to inform in an effective way, uses many strategies such as researches and numbers. In addition to this, he sticks to the formal tone throughout the whole article.
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