At around 9:00 PM on the 26th, a passerby called 119 reporting that a car had crashed into a fitness gym in Akebono-cho 4-chome, Naka-ku, Yokohama, and that someone was trapped inside. According to the city fire department and Isezaki Police Station, three people, including the passerby, were injured and taken to the hospital. A male passerby in his 30s and a man in his 70s who was in the car were seriously injured, and a woman in her 70s who was also in the car was injured.
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Another case of elderly causing an accident. Some elderly in remote villages may need to drive but within the city, I really don’t see any reason for them to be driving. I’m getting along fine without a car.
There’s no reason for them to be on the train before 7am during rush hour either, unless they’re working at 80+ still, and yet there’s quite a few of them on the trains.
> 署が自動車運転死傷処罰法違反（過失運転致傷）の疑いで調べている。
This is the part that terrifies me, and is part of the reason I’m a paper gold driver. There’s no chance I’d even want to drive around in my golden years and risk arrest / prosecution / settlement for causing an accident. Country side is one thing – but you need to have quick reflexes to survive Tokyo/Yokohama/J-city downtown driving. Way too many pedestrians, cyclists and others not paying attention.