2 Injured after Passenger Car Rams into Convenience Store in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo; Driver in His 80s Arrested on Suspicion of Negligent Driving
12:43 JST, June 25, 2024
Two were injured after a passenger car rammed into a convenience store in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, at around 10 a.m. Tuesday, police said.
The two were sent to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Kasai office of the Metropolitan Police Department.
The police arrested the driver, a man in his 80s, on suspicion of negligent driving resulting in injuries.
He was quoted as saying, “I was trying to back into a parking space, and I stepped on the gas pedal by mistake when I was trying to step on a brake pedal.”
The convenience store was in a residential area about 1 km southwest of Funabori Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.
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