A Japanese woman in her twenties was found dead in a car in San Francisco, western United States.

The man who caused the accident fled the scene and was subsequently detained by police.

According to local police, a passenger car that entered the intersection ignoring the red light collided with another car in the center of San Francisco, California, on the afternoon of December 31, local time, and on the morning of the 1st, Japan time.



Two women crossing the pedestrian crossing were hit and killed in the accident, and the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco confirmed that one of them was a Japanese woman in her twenties.



Local media reports that the woman is Abe Hanako, who lives locally.



The driver of the car was a 45-year-old man who had been sentenced to parole for robbery and was detained by police when he walked away from the scene after the accident and entered a nearby building. That is.



Something like a pistol or stimulant was found in the car the man was driving, and there was information that he had stolen a restaurant near the scene before the accident, so police said the situation at that time. Checking it up.