神奈川かながわ 横須賀よこすかの事故じこ 同乗どうじょう者しゃは酒気しゅき帯おび知しりながら車くるまに乗のったか

On the 5th, in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, a passenger car collided with eight vehicles including a route bus, injuring eight people. In the accident, the driver of the passenger car was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, and it has been revealed that a passenger who left the scene immediately after the incident later turned himself in to the police.

The police are investigating the circumstances under which the driver drank alcohol and drove, and are also looking into the possibility that the passengers got in the car knowing they were under the influence of alcohol.

According to the police, before noon on the 5th, a passenger car rear-ended a route bus on a prefectural road in Otaki-cho, Yokosuka City, then veered into the oncoming lane and collided with several other vehicles, before rear-ending another route bus.

In a series of accidents involving nine cars, ten people including children were taken to the hospital, and eight of them sustained minor injuries.

About three times the legal limit of alcohol was detected in Masahito Nonaka 31 from Osakas Naniwa Ward, who was driving a passenger car, and the police arrested him on suspicion of driving under the influence.

The police are also considering the possibility of dangerous driving resulting in injury, and are investigating in detail the circumstances surrounding driving after drinking alcohol.

There was also a passenger in the car, and although they left the scene after the accident, it has been reported that late at night on the 5th, a man in his twenties living in Yokohama turned himself in at a police station in Yokohama, saying he was in the car.

The passenger reportedly told investigators, I panicked because of the accident and left the scene.

The police are also investigating the passengers on suspicion that they got into the car knowing that Nonaka was under the influence of alcohol, and are proceeding with the investigation while they remain at home.