Police in Tokyo have arrested 30-year-old woman on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in injury as well as drunk driving after she hit and seriously injured a pedestrian.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 8:30 p.m. on April 26 in Itabashi Ward, Sankei Shimbun reported. A 54-year-old woman was walking along a narrow road with no sidewalk when she was hit from behind by a car driven by Shizuka Saito. The woman suffered severe head injuries and remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Saito called a police station an hour after the incident and asked if there had been any accidents that night. She then turned herself in at a police station and took a breath test that revealed her blood-alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit.
Police said Saito has admitted to the charge and quoted her as saying she kept going because she didn’t want her drunk driving to be exposed.
© Japan Today
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timeon
I think an important difference is "hit people and xx"? The punishment will depend a lot on that. In this unfortunate case,
"The woman suffered severe head injuries and remains in a critical condition in hospital."
so it is highly probable the person who cause the accident will do time.
Narrow street at night may be mitigating circumstances, but she had alcohol in the system (even if twice the legal limit probably means one beer), and she ran away.
starpunk
That would be three charges in America. Hit her triple in court.
aomorisamurai
If you're going to drink like that, there are ways to do it responsibly.
Go to the store, buy some drinks and snacks, drive home, get out of your car, get in the house, turn on the tube and enjoy. Take driving completely out of the picture.