OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have revealed {that a} man arrested following a deadly hit-and-run incident in Fujiidera City earlier this month might have been fleeing the scene of an assault that occurred simply earlier than, studies Mainichi Broadcasting System (Nov. 22).
At round 2:30 a.m. on November 20, a lightweight passenger automobile collided with one other automobile at an intersection in Fujiidera City, killing the motive force, Kazutoshi Kusakabe, a 57-year-old workplace employee from Kashiwara City.
Police later arrested the motive force of the passenger automobile, Akito Yamauchi, 21, from Sayama City, on suspicion of hit-and-run and different offenses.
Upon his arrest, Yamauchi admitted to the fees.
After the accident, Yamauchi returned to the scene. He informed police that he “panicked because of the accident.”
However, investigators consider {that a} 19-year-old boy who was using with Yamauchi might have been concerned in a separate assault case that occurred in Higashiosaka shortly earlier than and the pair was on the run collectively.
Investigators consider that Yamauchi and the male passenger discarded a knife in a river close to the scene close to the hit-and-run incident.