Man, 2 sons hurt in hit-and-run involving U.S. military vehicle
A U.S. military vehicle hit a car on a road in Okinawa Prefecture and drove away Tuesday night, leaving a man and his two sons inside the car injured, police said Wednesday.
The U.S. Navy in Okinawa said its military police have arrested a 25- year-old petty officer third class who is suspected of driving the vehicle, adding that she drank alcohol Tuesday evening before the incident.
The Okinawa prefectural police have begun investigating the case as a hit-and-run and made a request to the Navy that she turn herself in. But the police said they have not received a reply.
The servicewoman has been detained at a U.S. military base since being arrested early Wednesday when the U.S. military police found her on a road near the site where the military vehicle was left behind.
Soon after the accident at around 10:55 p.m., the U.S. Navy's camouflaged jeep, empty but with the engine running, was found crashed against guardrails along a state road some 12 kilometers away from the accident site near the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago. Its bumper and front left light were damaged, according to the Okinawa prefectural police.
(AP, Mar 18)
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