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Police in Fukuoka said Tuesday that a 43-year-old Sri Lankan man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a taxi and reckless driving resulting in injury by crashing into a car as he fled from police.
According to police, the incident occurred at 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, Fuji TV reported. Police said the suspect, who was drunk when apprehended, got into the taxi and drove away after the driver had left the vehicle.
A police car pursued him along a national highway. The taxi then veered across the center line and drove on the wrong side of the road for approximately two kilometers, before colliding with a small car waiting for the traffic signal at an intersection. The two passengers in the car sustained minor injuries.
Video footage taken by a drive recorder from a nearby vehicle showed the collision.
© Japan Today
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SaikoPhysco
@HarryO, you're 100% correct.... lets see, there are about 3 million foreigners in Japan which would make it around 2.5% of the overall population. Now if that 3 million foreigners were to leave I'll bet overall crime would drop by around 2%.
Kuro
@expat this is the best comment i have read on here for quite a while...
ClippetyClop
Ruining It For Everyone
Michael Jackson
I was drunk and don't remember anything
Goodlucktoyou
Shocking. At least he was caught
kurisupisu
Don’t leave the keys in the car!
Do the hustle
So, vehicle theft, drink driving, driving on the wrong side of the road, evading police, causing an accident resulting in injury. Suspended sentence for sure.
Jeff Huffman
Fire the driver. Unlocked and the keys in it? Special.