
神奈川県海老名市の交差点で13日午後3時10分ごろ、横断歩道を渡っていた女性2人が大型トラックにはねられ死亡。神奈川県警は14日、会社員の会田誠容疑者(49)を過失運転致死とひき逃げ容疑で逮捕し、容疑を否認していると発表した。
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神奈川県海老名市の交差点で13日午後3時10分ごろ、横断歩道を歩いて渡っていた女性2人が大型トラックにはねられ、現場で死亡が確認された。神奈川県警は14日、会社員の会田誠容疑者(49)を自動車運転死傷処罰法違反(過失運転致死)と道路交通法違反(ひき逃げ)容疑で逮捕し、発表した。
神奈川県海老名市の交差点で13日に女性2人が大型トラックにはねられて死亡した事故があり、神奈川県警は14日、会社員の会田誠容疑者(49)=相模原市緑区中野=を自動車運転死傷処罰法違反(過失運転致死)と道路交通法違反(ひき逃げ)容疑で逮捕し、発表した。
県警によると「私が事故を起こしたという道路付近を通過したことは間違いありませんが、事故についてはまったくわかりません」と話し、容疑を否認しているという。
県警海老名署によると、逮捕容疑は13日午後3時10分ごろ、海老名市下今泉2丁目の交差点で、横断歩道を歩いて渡っていた女性2人をトラックではね、そのまま逃げたというもの。女性2人は、現場で死亡が確認された。
署によると、事故の目撃者の証言と防犯カメラ映像などから、事故の数時間後に相模原市緑区内で会田容疑者が運転していたとみられるトラックを発見したという。
現場は海老名駅から北に約1キロの場所にある、信号機や横断歩道がある十字路交差点。
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