
神奈川県藤沢市の交差点で観光バスや乗用車など5台が衝突、14人が病院に搬送され乗用車の女性が死亡
19日午前9時ごろ、神奈川県藤沢市の交差点で観光バスや乗用車、タクシーなど5台が衝突する多重事故が発生。乗用車の77歳女性が死亡し、14人が病院に搬送された。警察は自動車運転処罰法違反容疑を視野に運転手から事情を聴いている。
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神奈川県藤沢市の交差点で、観光バスなど5台が絡む多重事故が発生した。
19日午前9時ごろ、神奈川県藤沢市の交差点で、通行人から「車とバスとタクシーの交通事故があった」と119番があった。
県警藤沢署などによると、観光バスと乗用車、タクシーなど5台が衝突。14人が病院に搬送され、乗用車の女性(77)が死亡した。
搬送されたのは、乗用車の2人とバスの乗客の60~80代の男女11人、別の車の20代男性1人。死亡した女性以外は命に別条ない。
同署によると、死亡した女性の夫(77)が運転する乗用車が対向車線にはみ出し、タクシーなど2台に衝突。さらに赤信号の交差点に侵入してバスに当たり、押し出されたバスがワンボックスカーにぶつかった。また、事故で飛んだ破片が軽乗用車に当たったという。
県警は自動車運転処罰法違反(過失運転致死傷)容疑を視野に、夫から事情を聴く。
現場は小田急江ノ島線藤沢本町駅から東へ約200メートルの信号のある十字路交差点。
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警察による運転手への事情聴取と原因究明
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On the morning of the 19th, an accident involving at least four vehicles, including a sightseeing bus, a passenger car, and a taxi, occurred at an intersection in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture. A 77-year-old woman who was in the car died, and 14 other people were taken to the hospital.

At around 2:30 a.m. on the 18th, Masakatsu Watanabe (46) was stabbed in the left chest with a knife and died on the street in Fussa City, Tokyo. An officer from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Fussa Police Station responded to a report from a witness and found Watanabe lying on the ground, and he was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital. On the same day, suspect Takashi Kudo (50), whose residence and occupation are unknown, who had fled the scene, was captured in Akishima City and arrested on suspicion of murder. The suspect denied some of the charges, saying, ``There's no doubt that I did it, but I didn't have any murderous intent.'' Watanabe was on the street after eating with an acquaintance when he got into trouble with Kudo, who got into a fight with him, and Kudo apparently left the scene and returned with a knife and stabbed him. The site is located in an area lined with restaurants about 300 meters east of JR Fussa Station.

On the afternoon of the 16th, a 62-year-old office worker was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for strangling a woman with an electrical cord at a residence in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture. The woman is unconscious and in critical condition. Isesaki Police Station is investigating the motive.

On the 16th, the Kyoto District Court acquitted Yukio Tanaka (59), a member of the Kudo-kai group, a designated dangerous organized crime group, of murder and other charges in the 2013 shooting death of Takayuki Daito, the former president of Ohsho Food Service, which operates the Gyoza Ohsho chain, in Kyoto. Regarding DNA testing of cigarette butts, the focus was on evaluating circumstantial evidence, as there was little direct evidence of the defendant's involvement.

On the 16th, the Kyoto District Court acquitted Yukio Tanaka (59), a member of the Kudo-kai group, a designated dangerous organized crime group, of murder and other charges in the 2013 shooting death of Takayuki Daito, the former president of Ohsho Food Service, which operates Gyoza Ohsho. The identity of the culprit became a point of contention, and the focus was on DNA testing of cigarette butts found near the crime scene.

The body of a 39-year-old woman was found in a hotel in Naha City, and the suspect, Devin Jacob Ballard, a 20-year-old U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class at Futenma Air Base, was arrested on suspicion of robbery and murder. After the incident, a series of slanders were made against the victim on social media, and the bereaved family complained of damage to their dignity.Prefectural police asked the social media company to delete the illegal posts and said they would proceed with an investigation based on the law and evidence.