TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have revealed that one individual was killed and 6 others injured after an official Cabinet Office car collided with different autos at excessive pace in Akasaka, Minato Ward earlier this month, stories the Asahi Shimbun (Jan. 29).
At round 6:35 p.m. on January 22, the official car entered an intersection and collided with a passenger automobile and a taxi approaching from the best. A complete of six autos had been concerned within the accident.
According to the Traffic Investigation Division, roughly 30 seconds earlier than the accident, the official car left the Prime Minister’s Official Residence, positioned roughly 350 meters from the intersection.
Analysis of operation and management data remaining on the official car on the time revealed that the accelerator was pressed roughly 10 seconds earlier than the accident, and that the car was touring at roughly 130 kilometers per hour on the time of the collision.
The car additionally reportedly veered into the oncoming lane roughly two seconds earlier than the accident. The sign on the intersection had been crimson for multiple minute earlier than the accident.
“Without any problems”
The official car was being pushed by a 69-year-old man working for a car operations administration firm commissioned by the Cabinet Office. The man was injured and is at present hospitalized. Tokyo police plan to attend till he has recovered earlier than questioning him.
Noboru Akashi, a 32-year-old workplace employee from Minato Ward, was using within the again seat of the taxi. He died within the accident. The Traffic Investigation Division had initially introduced that eight individuals had been injured, however subsequent investigations revealed that the full variety of accidents was six, with 4 critically injured and two barely injured.
According to an interview with the car operations administration firm, the person was employed in April 2024. “He has been working without any problems [with his daily work attitude] and has not shown any notable changes in his mental or physical condition,” a consultant of the corporate said.
In response to an interview, the corporate said, “We will fully cooperate in uncovering the truth of the accident, take the fact that a serious accident has occurred seriously, and will work company-wide to further strengthen safety measures to ensure such an accident never happens again.”