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The Yomiuri Shimbun Police officers react to a traffic incident in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday night.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
21:49 JST, October 27, 2024
Five women were struck and injured by a car at an intersection in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, at around 7:40 p.m. on Sunday, police and firefighting authorities said.
An emergency phone call to the police said that multiple pedestrians had been struck by a car at the site on a metropolitan road.
According to the Tokyo Fire Department, five female pedestrians, between the ages of 20 and 59, were injured and transported to a hospital. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Otsuka Police Station is investigating the incident.
The site of the incident was south of Tokyo Metro Gokokuji Station, just in front of the police station.
