Saitama light passenger car crashes while chasing police car, 1 dead, 2 seriously injured. The driver, a man in his teens to 20s, died at the hospital, and two female passengers suffered serious head injuries.
The accident occurred when the police were patrolling in a masked patrol car when they asked the light passengerCar to stop. When the car did not comply, they chased the car for about 1.8 km at a speed of about 80 km/h with red lights and sirens blaring.