新しん名神めいしん逆ぎゃく走はし “青あおい車くるま”は三重みえ県けん四日市よっかいち市内しないで発見はっけん

On the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Mie Prefecture, in an accident where a passenger car drove in the wrong direction and other vehicles trying to avoid it were involved, it has been learned from interviews with investigators that the car believed to have been driven by the suspect arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run was found on the 19th in a residential area of Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, more than 20 kilometers away from the accident site.

The police are investigating the circumstances of the escape and the suspect’s whereabouts after the accident.

On the 18th, on the outbound lane of the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture, a passenger car was driving in the wrong direction and collided with another car. As a result, a line of cars trying to avoid the accident was rear-ended by a following vehicle, injuring four people.

On the night of the 19th, the police arrested Rossi Cruz John Elias, a 34-year-old Peruvian national and company employee living in Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture, on suspicion of hit-and-run involving two cars, and seized the blue passenger car he is believed to have been driving.

The car had Gunma license plates and was found in a residential area in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, more than 20 kilometers from the accident site on the 19th, according to interviews with investigators.

The car was parked on the side of the road at the entrance to the park.

According to the police, the suspect admitted to driving the wrong way during questioning, but stated, I only hit one car, among other things.

The police, based on eyewitness accounts and other information, believe there was a passenger in the car and are continuing their investigation, looking into the drivers movements after the accident and the circumstances surrounding the escape.

A witness to the discovery of the blue car: I never expected it in a place like this. A man in his 70s, who said he saw the car believed to have been driving the wrong way stopped in a residential area of Yokkaichi City, said, When I passed in front of the park around 10 a.m. on the 19th, there was a blue car with a Gunma license plate.

Around 10 p.m., a tow truck came and was working.

I heard that a neighbor was told by the police, There may have been a car driving the wrong way.

I never expected something like this to happen in a place like this, they said.

According to investigators, the suspect turned himself in at the Nagahama Police Station in Shiga Prefecture. The arrested suspect reportedly appeared at the Nagahama Police Station in Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture, on the morning of the 19th.

The suspect walked alone to the police station, and when the officer on duty asked for the reason, the suspect said something to the effect that he was involved in a wrong-way driving accident in Mie Prefecture, so the police contacted the Mie Prefectural Police.

And after investigators from the Mie Prefectural Police rushed to the scene and questioned the suspect in the interrogation room at the Nagahama Police Station, the suspect was transferred to the Mie Prefectural Police.