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Woman arrested over hit-and-run in Okayama

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A 39-year-old woman was arrested Sunday over the hit-and-run death of an elderly woman in Ibara, Okayama Prefecture.

According to police, the suspect, identified as Emiko Tanabe, hit and killed Shineko Saito at about 5:45 a.m. on Saturday, NTV reported. Tanabe and her husband went to a police station on Saturday afternoon and she turned herself in, police said.

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I wonder if the poor woman would still have died if she'd stopped and called an ambulance.

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Terrible thing to do!!! Maybe panic took the best of her?? RIP poor woman!!!

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Panic? How about cowardliness?

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