2024-01-13 12:08:05
The suspect arrested was Kiyotaka Zaba (77), a taxi driver from Kunitachi City, Tokyo.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, just before 2 a.m. on the 13th, a taxi driver was driving a taxi on Meiji-dori Street in Toshima Ward, hitting and killing Takeo Omura (49) of Obama City, Fukui Prefecture, who was walking on the road, and then running away. It is suspected that.
The suspect was identified from the driver of another car who was driving in the next lane when he witnessed the accident.
The suspect Zaba was carrying a passenger at the time, and upon investigation, he admitted to the charges, saying, “There is no doubt that he ran away.”
The scene of the accident was an uphill slope with two lanes in each direction along the Toden Arakawa Line, and the deceased man had also been hit by a taxi following him, so the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the circumstances at the time in detail.
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