A tow truck hauls the wreckage of a truck, which was crushed in Sunday's accident, out of the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, early Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Concrete ceiling panels fell onto moving vehicles deep inside the tunnel, and authorities confirmed nine deaths before suspending rescue work Monday while the roof was being reinforced to prevent more collapses. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
Japanese officials ordered the immediate inspection of tunnels across the country on Dec. 3 after nine people were killed when concrete ceiling slabs fell from the roof of a highway tunnel onto moving vehicles below.