On the 3rd of this month, a 44-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run after colliding with a man on an electric scooter on a street in Nagoya, causing serious injuries including a broken collarbone, and then running away. it was done. Upon investigation, the suspect admitted that he bumped into the suspect and left, but denied some of the charges.
The person arrested was Kazunori Matsuzaki (44), an unemployed man from Naka Ward, Nagoya City.
According to the police, on the 3rd of this month in Naka Ward, Nagoya, an unlicensed electric scooter, the type that requires a driver's license, drove the wrong way on a one-way road, colliding with a man in his 40s and causing his collarbone. He is suspected of causing serious injury by breaking a car, etc., and fleeing without a license, as well as causing injury by dangerous driving without a license and hit-and-run.
In response to the investigation, Matsuzaki admitted that he had hit the vehicle and left, but denied some of the charges, saying, ``I had no idea that I needed a driver's license for the electric scooter I was riding.'' It means that there is.
Electric scooters are becoming increasingly popular as a convenient means of transportation, but police are urging people to abide by the rules as they can lead to serious accidents.
The moment of the accident was captured on security camera
A security camera near the scene captured the moment of the accident.
Just after 5 p.m. on the 3rd of this month, a man tried to cross the road in Sakae, Naka Ward, Nagoya City, and collided with an electric scooter.
The man was thrown onto the road by the impact, and the suspect, who was riding an electric scooter, also fell.
The suspect stood up and spoke to the crouching man, but instead of calling an ambulance or treating the man, he got on a scooter and left the scene.
A person passing by called an ambulance, and the man was taken to the hospital, where he suffered a broken collarbone and ribs and was left with serious injuries that would take about two months to fully recover.
The male victim said in an interview with NHK, ``When I was hit, it felt like my body was blown away. My chest was hit so hard that I couldn't breathe. I don't think electric scooters themselves are bad, but if you ride them properly I would like the government and related organizations to properly inform the government and related organizations about the regulations and regulations."