This January, a 73-year-old taxi driver who was hospitalized after an accident in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, where a taxi hit pedestrians one after another, one died and five were seriously injured. Was found dead on the morning of the 24th without returning to consciousness, according to an interview with an investigative official.
The Metropolitan Police Department plans to send documents on suspicion of negligent driving fatal injury.
On January 4, a 49-year-old woman who lived nearby was killed by a taxi crossing a pedestrian crossing on the Koshu Highway in Sasazuka, Shibuya Ward, and five people, including an elementary school boy, were seriously injured. I was liable for.
A 73-year-old male driver of a taxi was also taken to the hospital, but according to the Metropolitan Police Department, he was suspected of having subarachnoid hemorrhage at that time.
The driver was hospitalized as it was, and the Metropolitan Police Department decided to wait for recovery before listening to the situation, but on the morning of the 24th, it was found by interviewing investigators that he died without returning to consciousness.
At that time, the driver may have lost consciousness while driving and entered the intersection at the red light as it was, so the Metropolitan Police Department plans to send documents on suspicion of accidental driving fatal injury in the future.