HIROSHIMA –
A 27-year-old police officer arrested after crashing right into a utility pole in Hiroshima was discovered to have been driving below the affect, with a blood take a look at detecting practically thrice the authorized alcohol restrict.
Raimu Hamashita, a constable assigned to the executive division of the Hiroshima Prefectural Police’s Fuchu Police Station, was referred to prosecutors on the morning of July 21.
Hamashita had been arrested on suspicion of harmful driving after his car struck a utility pole in a single-vehicle accident on a metropolis street in Hiroshima’s Naka Ward early on July 20.
Police mentioned Hamashita smelled of alcohol after the crash however refused to take a breath take a look at on the scene. Authorities subsequently carried out a blood take a look at, which detected alcohol at roughly thrice the authorized restrict.
Police added a cost of driving below the affect earlier than referring the case to prosecutors.
Hamashita instructed investigators, “I don’t want to say anything,” in response to police.
Source: FNN