A 63-year-old reporter from the Sankei Shimbun was arrested after noon on the 12th for driving a car on a national highway in Chiba City while being drunk.
Koichi Hirata (63), a reporter of the Chiba General Bureau of the Sankei Shimbun, was arrested. There is a suspicion of drunk driving.
The site was a straight road with two lanes on each side, and when a police officer called in an accident that caused contact with a passenger car running in the next lane, alcohol was detected as a result of inspection because of the smell of alcohol. ..
The driver of the car I bumped into was not injured.
He admitted to the investigation and stated that he had alcohol in his body when he had an accident.
According to the Sankei Shimbun, the reporter commented that he was a part-time employee and was working at the time, "I will confirm the facts and take strict measures."