Junior high school student runaway driver arrested “I didn't notice it” Tokyo May 8 18:14
According to interviews with investigators, a driver who was arrested on the 7th in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, who had been killed by a junior high school student and had escaped, said that he had hit without realizing it. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the detailed situation because there is a suspicion that a junior high school student crossing a pedestrian crossing at a green light was hit by a speeding speed.
On the 7th, at the intersection of Kitakoiwa in Edogawa Ward, Yota Nei (12), a junior high school student who lived near a pedestrian crossing a bicycle, was killed by a straight wagon car and died. Hiroshi Shibuya (53), an unemployed person, was arrested on suspicion of running away.
There is sighting information that Mr. Nei was hit by a car while crossing the green light crossing, but according to the investigators, Shibuya said that he had hit without knowing.
Mr. Nei has been flown to about 40 meters due to the impact of the accident, and the Metropolitan Police Department suspects that the car was running at a speed significantly higher than the legal speed of 50 km / h.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating detailed information such as traffic lights and car speed at that time.