Overview

• Police said the crash occurred around 2:15–2:20 p.m. on October 6 at a city-road intersection in Fukuoka’s Jonan Ward, Torikai 5-chome.
• Yoshihiro Ito was transported to a city hospital and was pronounced dead about two hours later, according to the Jonan Police Station.
• The intersection has traffic lights, and reports indicate the motorcycle was heading south and the taxi west when they collided.
• The 75-year-old taxi driver suffered a head injury but was conscious when hospitalized, and the cab carried no passengers.
• Ito, an East Fukuoka High alum and former Chiba Lotte pitcher, had been working as a temporary teacher at a special-needs school.