49-year-old office worker arrested in Kanagawa hit-and-run accident that killed two people; charges denied

On the 13th, two women were hit and killed by a large truck at an intersection in Ebina City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Kanagawa Prefectural Police announced on the 14th that they had arrested Makoto Aida (49), a company employee from Nakano, Midori Ward, Sagamihara City, on suspicion of violating the Motor Vehicle Driving Death and Injury Punishment Act (negligent driving causing death) and violating the Road Traffic Act (hit and run).

According to prefectural police, he denied the charges, saying, ``There is no doubt that I passed near the road where the accident occurred, but I have no idea about the accident.''

According to the Prefectural Police Ebina Police Station, the suspect was arrested on the 13th at around 3:10 p.m. at the Shimoimaizumi 2-chome intersection in Ebina City, where he hit two women who were walking across the street with a truck and then fled the scene. The two women were pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the police station, a truck believed to have been driven by Aida was found several hours after the accident in Midori Ward, Sagamihara City, based on testimony from witnesses to the accident and security camera footage.

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