Witnessing wagon car hit-and-run elderly man or dragging along with bicycle

On the afternoon of the 4th, a 79-year-old man was found lying down on the street in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, and was later confirmed dead.

At the scene, the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating as a hit-and-run case because there is a witness that a wagon was dragging a man on a bicycle.

After 3:00 pm on the 4th, a person nearby called 110 on the street in Asahi-cho, Nerima-ku, Tokyo, saying that a wagon was dragging a bicycle.

When police and firefighters rushed to the scene, Kazuo Tabata (79), whose occupation was unknown, was found lying on the street in Wako City, Saitama Prefecture, and was transported to a hospital in an unconscious state, but was later confirmed dead. rice field.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the bicycle that Mr. Tabata was supposed to be riding was lying on the road about 200 meters away from where he had collapsed.

The scene is a straight road with one lane on one side near Narimasu Subway Station, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating it as a hit-and-run incident, as there are eyewitness reports that a wagon was dragging a man on a bicycle.