Japan's "Mainichi Shimbun" front page report: On the afternoon of the 24th, a stolen vehicle ran wild in Tokyo, causing one death and ten injuries.
The accident occurred on National Route 4 in Adachi Ward, Tokyo. A white car hit a blue truck from behind that was waiting at a red light, then continued forward, colliding with multiple vehicles ahead until the car was damaged and stopped.
The vehicle involved in the accident was a used car for sale at a nearby car dealership. The front of the car had a sign reading "Certified Used Car," but it did not have an official license plate. The car dealer said the car was parked outdoors with the key still in the ignition, and he had reported the theft to the police at 10:30 a.m.
Before the accident, patrol police had noticed the car's abnormal behavior and sounded their siren to chase it, but failed to catch up. About two hours later, the accident occurred.
In the accident, an 80-year-old man died, a woman in her 20s was seriously injured and unconscious, and nine other pedestrians aged 10 to 70 were injured to varying degrees.
A 37-year-old man fled from the vehicle involved in the accident and was arrested by the police at his home around 1 p.m. on suspicion of stealing the car. During interrogation, the man said, "It wasn't stealing the car, I just wanted to take it for a test drive."
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