Six people in Narita, Chiba were killed or injured. Three times the standard was detected from a man arrested. October 13th, 13:12

A 64-year-old man arrested on a prefectural road in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, who was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving fatalities while driving a passenger car in an accident in which a passenger car collided with a wagon car and killed or injured six people. Interviews with investigators revealed that alcohol had been detected.

On the 11th, on a prefectural road in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, a passenger car ran out of the oncoming lane and collided with a wagon car carrying six family members from two households, killing Maiko Hashimoto (44) in Narita City who was riding the wagon car. However, five people, including four children, were slightly injured.



Police arrested Kazuo Ishii (64), an office worker living in the city who was driving a passenger car for having caused an accident while drinking alcohol and unable to drive normally, on suspicion of lethal driving. I sent my identity to the public prosecutor's office.



According to investigators, Ishii was so drunk at the time that he couldn't explain the situation of the accident, and his breath was found to contain more than three times the standard amount of alcohol.



In addition, he stated that he had "drinked 200 ml of sake at home" in response to the subsequent investigation.



Police are also investigating the amount of alcohol consumed before the accident.

An officer of the company I work for "I'm surprised because I worked seriously."

A woman in her 60s at a construction company where Ishii works said, "I was surprised to hear that I had an accident while driving under the influence of alcohol because I had been working hard for nearly 40 years. I like alcohol so much that I usually drink it. I used to drink at home, but I didn't seem to drink much outside. "