This month, a mother in her 50s and her son in their 30s were found collapsed on a prefectural road in Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and later died. Police have accused an 85-year-old son of hitting them with a truck and then fleeing the scene. A person was arrested on suspicion of hit and run.
On the 15th of this month, Manami Imai (59), who lives nearby, and her son, Yusuke Imai (33), an office worker, were found collapsed on a prefectural road in Matsunaga, Numazu City, and both were confirmed dead at the hospital they were transported to. I did.
Based on the circumstances at the scene, police suspected that the two had been hit and run, and were conducting an investigation that included checking footage from nearby security cameras.
As a result, suspect Takayuki Gomi (85), a salesman from Otsuka, Numazu City, was suspected of hitting two people with the truck he was driving and then fleeing the scene, and was arrested on the 20th on suspicion of hit-and-run and negligent driving causing death. Did.
It was confirmed that the left side of the truck was damaged, but according to investigators, the truck denied the charges, saying, ``It passed through the scene, but did not hit anyone.''
According to the police investigation, the two people who died were on duty collecting garbage on the day of the incident, and it appears that they were hit while setting up a net at the collection site.
Police are investigating the details of what happened at the time.