TOKYO — Police said Monday they have arrested a 26-year-old man on a vehicular manslaughter charge after a hit-and-run that left a woman dead in Tokyo’s Arakawa Ward on Saturday night.
According to police, a car struck Kazuko Motohashi, 62, at a crossing in Minami-senju at about 10:30 Saturday night, TBS reported. The car kept going and the victim was apparently run over by two other vehicles, police said. The third car stopped and its driver called 110 for help.
Police said that driver, identified as Yusuke Asano, a company worker from Tsurugashima, Saitama Prefecture, returned to the scene about 30 minutes later, appearing unsettled.
Asano was quoted by police as saying he hit someone and that his mind went blank, TBS reported. Asano’s car displayed damage consistent with the collision, police said, addimg that they are looking for the drivers of the second car.
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