Original title: Two hit-and-run accidents involving US military-related vehicles occurred in Okinawa, Japan.
According to Japan’s “Okinawa Times” report on the 17th, two hit-and-run accidents involving US military-related vehicles occurred in Okinawa Prefecture on the 16th. The local police are currently investigating the suspect.
At about 3:40 a.m. local time on the 16th, a light car was rear-ended, causing serious injuries to a man in the car and injuries to the waists of two other women. The local police found a Y-plate vehicle used by US military personnel near the scene of the car accident, with rear-end marks on the front of the vehicle. At that time, the driver of the Y-plate vehicle had escaped, but there were still two passengers in the car. The two people were subsequently sent to the local U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa.
According to reports, the vehicle involved in the accident had been tracked by a patrol car for speeding shortly before the accident. When asked to stop by the police, the vehicle accelerated further to evade the police. The local police are currently investigating the whereabouts of the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident.
Also on the 16th, at around 6:25 a.m. local time, a 61-year-old man was hit by a motor vehicle while riding a bicycle in Chatan Town, Okinawa Prefecture. The accident injured the man’s right elbow. The vehicle involved in the accident left the scene directly after the accident. Witnesses said the vehicle involved in the accident was a vehicle with a Y plate.
Y-plate cars are privately owned vehicles owned by U.S. troops stationed in Japan and their families. Due to the special status enjoyed by the U.S. military stationed in Japan in Japan as stipulated in the Japan-U.S. Status Agreement, the Japanese police are often helpless even in hit-and-run situations involving Y-plate cars. (Headquarters reporter Li Weibing)
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2023-09-17 06:14:00
