Woman dies jumping out of car in Hokkaido
走行中に「口論となって車から飛び降りた」女性死亡
SHIRAOI, Hokkaido, May 19 (NewsOnJapan) - A woman has died after falling out of a car during a quarrel on a highway in northern Japan at around 2:30 am on Thursday morning.
A man driving the car said the woman jumped out of the vehicle after they had an argument while driving on National Highway No. 36 in Shiraoi-cho, Hokkaido. The woman in her 30s or 40s was taken to the hospital unconscious, but was later confirmed dead.
May 19 (ANNnewsCH) - 19日未明、北海道白老町で走行中の車から女性が転落し死亡しました。運転していた男性は「口論となって女性が車から飛び降りた」と話しているということです。
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