On the afternoon of the 22nd, in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, a 9-year-old girl who was riding a bicycle and crossing a pedestrian crossing was hit by a passenger car and died.
The police arrested the 61-year-old driver who was driving the car on suspicion of negligent driving injury and are investigating the circumstances of the accident in detail.
Around 1:45 p.m. on the 22nd, Mayuki Maehara, a 9-year-old elementary school student who lives nearby, was crossing a pedestrian crossing on a bicycle on a city road in Kusunoki-cho, Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, when a passenger car came running from the left. was hit by
According to the police, Maehara was taken to a hospital in the city, but she died soon after hitting her head and other parts.
Suzuka city construction worker Naoyuki Ogura (61), who was driving the passenger car, was arrested on the spot on suspicion of negligent driving injury.
In response to her investigation, she confessed to her charges, saying, "She collided with a bicycle that was crossing a pedestrian crossing."
The scene is a pedestrian crossing without a traffic light on a straight road with one lane on one side, and the police will switch the suspicion to negligent driving causing death and investigate the cause of the accident in detail.