89-year-old woman with dementia late at night crossed at a pedestrian crossing Tokyo, August 28, 18:29, Kita-ku
At dawn on the 28th, an 89-year-old woman who was walking across Meiji-dori in Kita-ku, Tokyo was hit by a taxi and died. The Metropolitan Police Department is examining the detailed situation that women had dementia symptoms.
Around 2:00 am on the 28th, at Meiji-dori, Showa-cho, Kita-ku, an elderly woman who was walking across a pedestrian crossing was hit by a taxi and received treatment at a hospital, but soon died.
The scene is a high-traffic road with two lanes on one side, and in the video of a nearby security camera, the signal for pedestrians was red at that time, showing that a woman was walking while avoiding a running car.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the 89-year-old woman who lived nearby died, and the son who lived with him had symptoms of dementia.
The Metropolitan Police Department is examining the detailed situation.