Overview
- In Yeonpyeong-ri, Udo-myeon on Jeju Island, a passenger vehicle reportedly accelerated suddenly into a crowd, leaving two people later pronounced dead and eight injured.
- Jeju Fire and Safety officials said two victims were rescued from cardiac arrest before dying, and among the eight injured, one suffered serious injuries while seven had minor injuries.
- The Jeju crash was reported around 2:47 p.m. local time at a busy tourist spot, and police are investigating it as a suspected sudden-acceleration accident.
- In Tokyo’s Adachi Ward around 12:30 p.m. local time, a car struck about a dozen pedestrians, killing an elderly man reported to be in his 80s and injuring roughly 10 others.
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a suspect after a 500-meter foot chase and are treating the case as a hit-and-run while examining a possible link to a nearby dealership vehicle theft reported two hours earlier.