Body found in burned-out taxi

smoking while sleeping ???? cigarette lighter ???

Didn't they have a similar incident last week? Burned out taxi + driver inside. Think it was near Hiratsuka. Which is not too far from Fujisawa. Could be somebody with a rather brutal mo.

debts owed?

Wow, what a horrible way to die. I hope the cops find out what happened here, even if it was just an accident.

@whiskeysour: Nah doubt it. It would take too long, he would of woke up and got out before the taxi went ablaze. It's a shame because we will prolly never hear any follow ups either.

I lived in that area and I saw Taxi drivers sleeping in thier taxi`s all the time, especially when on a break.

I think it`s quite common to do it, how ever this will be an interesting outcome.

Actually I take that back. It could be very possible. Thinking back to what's usually in a taxi, they have tons of those upholstery cloth covers, and plastic all over the place. That cab may have went up in flames within a min or two.

The man owned his own Taxi, so he was probably working long shifts to make money. Hence why his bother said he hadn't seen him in over a day. Over tired maybe, caught a fatal nap with a cig in the mouth. Ouch that sucks.

They need to check to see if there was a Hibachi in the car too.

Did he have his taxi fare money bag with him? Surely that would have been the first thing they would look for. - I get sick of reading half-baked articles. I'm not blaming JT as such. The Japanese media is not much better.