On the evening of the twenty first, a passenger automotive pursued by a police automotive in Konan Ward, Yokohama City, collided with one other automotive, and the motive force of the rear-ended automotive died. The police arrested a 24-year-old suspect who was driving a passenger automotive on suspicion of negligent driving inflicting loss of life and are investigating the main points.
According to the police, at round 9:50 pm on the twenty first, a passenger automotive pursued by a police automotive collided with a light-weight wagon operating in entrance on a metropolis highway in Shimonagaya, Konan Ward, Yokohama City.
In this accident, Eiji Ao (48), who lived in Izumi Ward, Yokohama City, who was driving a mini wagon, was hit onerous and died.
The police have arrested the motive force of the automotive, Idoki (24), a self-proclaimed craftsman residing in Tsuruma, Yamato City, on suspicion of inflicting loss of life by negligent driving.
About a minute and a half earlier than the accident, a police automotive on patrol witnessed the passenger automotive pushed by the suspect ignoring a purple gentle, sounded a siren and requested to cease, however ran away because it was.
Konan Police Station Deputy Chief Shinichi Okitsu commented, “After confirming the facts in detail, we will take appropriate action.”