Two pedestrians hit and killed, truck flees, investigation into hit-and-run incident Kanagawa

At around 3:10 p.m. on the 13th, a witness called 110 to report an accident involving a truck and two pedestrians at an intersection in Shimoimaizumi, Ebina City, Kanagawa Prefecture. According to the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Ebina Police Station, two women who were crossing the street were hit by a truck and were later confirmed dead. The truck drove away from the scene, and based on the circumstances at the scene, police are investigating the incident as a fatal hit-and-run.

According to investigators, when they followed the truck seen at the scene with a security camera, they found a truck that appeared to be involved in the accident in Midori Ward, Sagamihara City. Prefectural police believe the vehicle belonged to a transportation company in Midori Ward, Sagamihara City, and are currently inquiring about the circumstances from those involved.

According to prefectural police, a truck traveling on a prefectural highway struck two women on a crosswalk when they tried to turn left at an intersection onto National Route 246, then fled along the national highway toward Atsugi City, and a cane was found at the scene.

Shoes, smartphones, wallets, backpacks, and other items were scattered on and around the crosswalk at the scene, and prefectural police investigators were conducting identification work. A 23-year-old office worker who usually passes through the intersection on his way to work from Ebina Station said, ``I thought it was a dangerous intersection because there were always cars trying to turn when pedestrians were crossing the crosswalk.''

A 40-year-old office worker who walked across the intersection on his way to work nearby said, ``I thought a hit-and-run would be such a terrible thing to do. I feel sorry for the victim. It hurts for the bereaved family.''

A woman in her 30s who lives in a nearby apartment said she learned of the accident when her child contacted her and said there was a police car parked in front of her house. ``I thought a child had been involved in an accident at an intersection used by a group of people going to school.It's sad that two women died,'' she said.

The scene is at a crossroads intersection with traffic lights and pedestrian crossings, about 1 km north of Ebina Station.