Overview
- In Tokyo’s Adachi Ward around 12:30pm local time, a car struck roughly a dozen pedestrians, killing a man in his 80s and injuring about 10 others, including a woman in her 20s reported in critical condition.
- Police say the Tokyo driver fled on foot before being arrested about 500 meters away, and they are investigating the collision as a hit-and-run and a potential violation of traffic law.
- Authorities are examining whether the Tokyo car was a display vehicle reported stolen about two hours earlier; the vehicle had no license plate and reportedly crashed into a guardrail before the suspect ran.
- At about 2:47pm local time on South Korea’s Jeju Island, a passenger vehicle in Yeonpyeong-ri, Udo-myeon, suddenly accelerated into a group of tourists, with two people later pronounced dead after cardiac arrest.
- Jeju officials report eight additional injuries, including one serious case and seven minor, and describe the incident as a suspected sudden-acceleration accident under active investigation.