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Woman killed in hit-and-run in Ibaraki

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A 56-year-old woman was struck and killed by a vehicle in a hit-and-run in a parking lot in Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture, police said.

Police said the incident occurred at around 5:30 a.m. Sunday in the parking lot of a second-hand goods shop in Keyakidai, Mito City, Fuji TV reported. The victim, identified as Chikako Nakata, was found collapsed and had suffered serious head trauma after forcefully hitting her head on the concrete. She was transported to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead.

According to an eyewitness report, a car waiting for the traffic light to change at an intersection had driven into the parking lot and then a loud thud was heard. The car left and Nakata was found on the ground.

Police believe the driver attempted a shortcut by going into the parking lot to avoid the red light at the intersection and hit the woman. They are analyzing street surveillance camera footage to try and identify the vehicle.

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A person' life taken because some jerk could wait for the light to change. ugh!

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I usually see every morning people doing a shortcut through a sweets store parking lot on my way to work. They should close it while the store is closed.

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Yes, as the police believe, the driver fled the scene just after having done the hit-and-run could be the suspect. Hope the police catch the suspect ASAP.

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Yeah, I see idiots cutting through corners using convenience stores and gas stands often too. You can also bet this idiot was flying through the car park as well. They'll catch him pretty quickly, but he'll use the "I didn't realise I hit anything" excuse and will not be severely penalised.

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That really pisses me off, and scares me at the same time. No matter how careful you are, some idiot will do something stupid and ruin your life.

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That's somebody's mother/grandmother! I hope this ( ) is found and sent to jail for the max plus 3 years for their selfishness. That poor woman.....

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when he is caught he should get th edeath pentaly, 1 becasue he murdered somone, and 2 becasue he fled the scene. he should be at the end of a rope ASAP

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"Police believe the driver attempted a shortcut by going into the parking lot to avoid the red light at the intersection and hit the woman. "

I see this ALL THE TIME in my area. There's a large convenience store parking lot (which a lot of truckers use to sleep at night) just off a highway that intersects with a smaller road and when there are traffic jams people zip through the parking lot and out the other side to avoid the intersection, often at higher speeds than they were going on the roads. I see it elsewhere, too. Police need to really start cracking down on stuff like this BEFORE these kind of accidents happen. I'm guessing it was pretty easy to them to understand the why. RIP to the poor woman, and I hope they catch the scumbag who did it.

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