CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police have accused a 54-year-old girl of homicide over an incident on Saturday by which she drove her automobile into the ocean in Funabashi City, killing her male passenger.
At round 1:30 p.m., Miyuki Harada, of no recognized occupation, allegedly drove her automobile into the ocean with Masayuki Mizushima, 80, within the passenger seat at a port in Hamamachi.
Although Mizushima died within the incident, police didn’t reveal the reason for demise.
Harada, who lives in Funabashi, additionally went into the water however managed to flee from the automobile on her personal. She suffered accidents that aren’t thought of life-threatening, police mentioned.
On Sunday, police accused Harada of homicide, an allegation she denies. “My head panicked and I felt like I wanted to die,” she mentioned, “so I plunged my car into the sea. I was so preoccupied with my own problems that I didn’t have room to think about the victim.”
Security digicam footage shot on the time of incident confirmed the automobile operating parallel to the wharf. It then instantly modified course and plunged into the ocean.
According to the police, Harada defined that she and Mizushima used to work collectively. “We were the kind of people who would talk to each other about their problems,” she mentioned.
Police are at present investigating the circumstances that led to the incident, which came about at a port space lined with logistics services about one kilometer southwest of Minami-Funabashi Station on the JR Keiyo Line.