Before dawn on the 17th, a passenger car crashed into a jewelry and watch store in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, and a fire broke out, injuring two men in the car.
According to police, before the accident, the car was being tracked by a police car, ignoring the red light.
Around 2:15 am on the 17th, a passenger car rushed into a jewelry and watch store in Oiwake-cho, Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, and a fire broke out.
According to police and fire departments, the fire was extinguished after about three hours, but most of the three-story building, one on the first floor and another on the second floor, totaled about 280 square meters, was burnt.
There was no one in the store, but a 19-year-old man in the passenger seat of a passenger car was seriously injured by hitting his chest, and an 18-year-old male vocational school student who was driving was also injured. I had a slight injury to my hand.
Kameoka Police Station "The tracking method was appropriate"
According to police, just before the accident, a police car turned on a red light and sounded a siren to track it because a passenger car ignored the red light at an intersection about 1.5 km away from the scene.
After that, the car speeded up and escaped, so the accident occurred after the police officer decided that it was dangerous and stopped pursuing.
The site is an area where shops are lined up about 300 meters away from JR Kameoka Station, and police are investigating the situation at that time in detail.
Regarding the accident caused by the car being tracked, the Kameoka police station commented, "I think the tracking method was appropriate."