Society | Jul 26

18-year-old driver arrested over fatal hit-and-run in Nagoya

Police in Nagoya said Monday they have arrested an 18-year-old male driver on suspicion of reckless driving resulting in death after he allegedly hit and killed a 17-year-old vocational student, and then kept going.

According to police, the incident occurred just past 11 p.m. on July 23 along a national route in Nakagawa Ward, Kyodo News reported. The student, Kazuto Tange, was crossing the street on his bicycle when the suspect, who cannot be named because he is a minor, went through a red light and struck him.

Tange was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. ...continue reading

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