On the morning of July 25, local time, Akie Abe, the wife of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was hit by a rear guard vehicle on the highway while riding a vehicle arranged by the Metropolitan Police Department.
No one was injured in the accident.
At the Miyezaka intersection of the Capital Expressway Inner Ring Line in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, a vehicle carrying Akie Abe was rear-ended by a guard vehicle following him.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said no one was injured in the accident.
According to the source, the accident happened at the intersection of the lanes, and the car that Mrs. Abe was in seemed to slow down and then rear-end.
Police are investigating whether the accident was caused by the carelessness of the male Metropolitan Police officer.
"We will thoroughly train and prevent it from happening again," said a police officer of the Metropolitan Police Department about the accident. (produced by Xu Miaoqiao)
Responsible editor: [Liu Xingchen]