Woman hit and died Iwate prefecture official arrested Suspicion of drunk driving February 17 1:23
On the night of the 16th, a woman in her 80s crossed a pedestrian crossing in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, was hit by a passenger car and died, and police detected alcohol exceeding the standard from a 56-year-old Iwate Prefecture employee driving a car He was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.
The arrest was made by Takanori Taro, 56, the director of the Utilization and Processing Department of the Iwate Prefectural Fisheries Technology Center. According to police, at around 7:00 pm on the 16th, Takako Sawada, who lived near a pedestrian crossing in Shinmachi, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, was hit by a passenger car and was killed by hitting her head.
When a police officer rushed in, he was arrested on the spot for negligible driving injury and drunken driving, as Taro, who was driving a car, found alcohol that exceeded the standard.
Police are switching to the case for negligible driving and investigating the situation in detail, as Taro acknowledges that he drove a car after drinking.
The site is an area 2.5 km from JR Kamaishi Station where there are many commercial facilities and houses, and there is no traffic light on the pedestrian crossing, but the outlook is good.