TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a motorist in his 40s after a woman was struck unconscious by a passenger car while unloading a truck in Setagaya Ward on Sunday morning, reports TV Asahi (Oct. 18).
The incident occurred shortly after 8:30 a.m. along a national highway in the Sangenjaya area. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the victim, a woman in her 30s, had parked a light truck along the side of the road.
The woman was reportedly loading and unloading cargo when the passenger car plowed into her from behind, severing both of her legs.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital and remained unconscious at the time of transport, police said.
The site of the crash is a straight, three-lane road with clear visibility. Officers apprehended the driver at the scene on suspicion of negligent driving resulting in injury.
Police are currently investigating the precise details and circumstances leading up to the crash.