Japanese driver arrested after dragging elderly woman to death by car
A Japanese male driver has been arrested after hitting a woman in her 80s and dragging her for about two km in western Tokyo, according to local polic..... A Japanese male driver has been arrested after hitting a woman in her 80s and dragging her to death by a car in western Tokyo. The victim, Noriko Ushikusa, was later identified by the police as 84-year-old local resident Noriko. Yoshihiro Sumiyama, a company employee from Higashimurayama City in Tokyo area, was arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run. According to the police, the driver denied the charges of negligent driving resulting in death and violating the traffic law.
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TOKYO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua)-- A Japanese male driver has been arrested after hitting a woman in her 80s and dragging her for about two km in western Tokyo, according to local police.
The victim, who was later identified by the police as 84-year-old local resident Noriko Ushikusa, was announced dead after being taken to the hospital.
The 53-year-old suspect, Yoshihiro Sumiyama, is a company employee from Higashimurayama City in Tokyo area, and was arrested by the police on suspicion of hit-and-run.
According to the police, the suspect was driving a passenger car in Sakaemachi of Higashimurayama City at around 3:40 p.m. local time on Tuesday when he struck Ushikusa and dragged her for about two km in roughly 10 minutes.
After receiving an emergency call from a witness at the initial scene, a police officer stopped the vehicle and took the driver into custody. The victim was found lying under the car.
According to the police, the driver, when questioned, said he does not recall hitting anyone, denying the charges of negligent driving resulting in death and violating the traffic law.
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