Junior high school student run away 40m and died, crossing at green light Tokyo May 8 11:53
Interviews with investigators revealed that there was eyewitness information that a junior high school student was hit by a car after crossing a pedestrian crossing at a green light in a case where a junior high school student fled and died in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo on the 7th. .. There is a suspicion that the car was running at a speed significantly higher than the legal speed, and the Metropolitan Police Department is examining the detailed situation at that time.
At noon on the 7th, at the intersection of Kitakoiwa in Edogawa Ward, Yoh Nei (12), a first-year junior high school student who lived near a pedestrian crossing a bicycle, was killed by a wagon car running straight from the left. .. The car fled, but the Metropolitan Police Department arrested an unemployed person in Edogawa Ward, Hiroshi Shibuya (53) on the night of the 7th, on suspicion of running away.
According to an investigator, a person nearby was witnessing Nei crossing the green light crossing and being hit by a wagon car. In addition, because it was flown up to about 40 meters due to the impact of the accident, the Metropolitan Police Department suspects that the wagon car plunged into the intersection at a speed significantly exceeding the legal speed of 50 km / h.
The junior high school I entered because of the new coronavirus was closed, and Nei-kun was trying to head to the park after studying at home.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating detailed conditions such as traffic lights and car speed at that time.
Classmates and neighbors donate flowers on site
People who knew the dead Nei-kun visited one after another at the spot after a night, offering flowers and drinks and putting their hands together.
Among them, a male student of a classmate said, "I can only say that I was shocked to hear that I died. Yota-kun liked running and always ranked high in endurance races at school. He said he would do his best at junior high school. I was talking. "
A 6th grade girl living in the neighborhood said, "I was a serious and serious child who woke up early in the morning and participated in school events."
The girl's mother in her 40s said, "I can't help but think of my parents' feelings in a really tragic accident. I heard in the news that many cars have free speed on the road and I want to tell my child to be careful." I was talking.
Nei-kun didn't know him, but a man in the neighborhood said he had come to know the accident in the news and came for flowers. "I heard that my child had died and I couldn't help but I couldn't forgive the despicable act of running away." I was talking.