On the night of the 25th, in the parking lot of an apartment in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, a man in his fifties who was driving an electric scooter collided with a stationary car and died. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, this is the first fatal accident involving an electric scooter in Japan.
At around 10:45 pm last night, a 52-year-old executive living in Minato-ku, Tokyo, was driving an electric kickboard in the parking lot of an apartment in Kachidoki, Chuo-ku, when he stopped at a car and fell. .
The man violently hit his head and was taken to hospital for treatment, but died on the afternoon of the 26th.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, this is the first fatal accident involving an electric scooter in Japan.
The electric scooter the man was riding on was loaned by a government licensed operator for a demonstration experiment in Tokyo, and there was no requirement to wear a helmet, and the man was not wearing a helmet. .
The police are investigating the details of the incident.
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