Police said a man in his 60s was driving a man in his 60s on the 14th, saying he crossed the course by car without following the instructions of a police officer who was controlling traffic at the women's race of the National High School Ekiden held in Kyoto last month. It is also a policy to send documents on suspicion of violating the Road Traffic Act.
In the women's race of the National High School Ekiden held in Kyoto on the 20th of last month, a general car entered the course near 3 km in the final 5 wards, and the athletes run avoiding contact with the car. became.
No one was injured.
According to investigators, the man driving the car was a man in his 60s living in Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, who crossed the course without following the instructions of a police officer who regulated traffic, police said on the 14th. It is also a policy to send documents on suspicion of violating the Road Traffic Act.
It is unusual for a driver to be sent a document for not complying with traffic regulations at a relay race.
According to the police investigation, the man admitted the charges and said, "I thought it was okay because there was a distance between the runners."