A 36-year-old man who got out of a taxi on a Tokyo street on Friday night, died after he was hit by an oncoming vehicle.
The incident occurred at around 9:35 p.m. along National Route 246 in Akasaka, Sankei Shimbun reported. Police identified the taxi passenger as Kei Nakaoka, a company employee from Osaka.
According to the taxi driver, Nakaoka was drunk when he got into the taxi. When the taxi stopped at a red light, the driver said Nakaoka told him he felt sick and was about to vomit.
Nakaoka asked for the door to be opened and got out of the taxi on the left side. He was immediately hit by a vehicle in the next lane.
Nakaoka was taken to hospital where he died early Saturday.
© Japan Today
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JeffLee
Feel sorry for the deceased guy, but I am heartened that there is no mention of the police arresting the driver.
Mocheake
Yeah, I thought sure they would say the taxi driver got arrested. It looks like neither driver got arrested, as it should be until the investigation is complete.
serendipitous1
Um, how could he have been hit by an oncoming vehicle if he got out of the left side of the taxi?
tora
Because: He was immediately hit by a vehicle in the next lane.
Jonathan Prin
How is this news of a person dying because of its own fault ?
serendipitous1
tora
That wouldn't be an oncoming vehicle. That would be a vehicle coming from behind.
Paul
Driver arrested?!?!? On what charge exactly would you arrest him for???? If you open a door of a car in a middle of the road and instantly get run over, who is to blame? Except your stupid self!!!
John
too bad accident.
Why did the taxi driver open the door on the road side without checking the traffic , especially knowing that the passenger is under the influence of alcohol? If the traffic light is red, wouldn’t the vehicle on the next lane be slowing down to stop and shouldn’t the impact be very low? Too many questions are unanswered.
tora
True dat. Apoars something got lost in translation here. Mod?
nandakandamanda
John, he didn't open the door. Remote opening system from driver's seat. He asked the driver to open it for him. The article contains enough suggestions that the driver may have been at least partly to blame.
Just a really sad incident all round.
falseflagsteve
Oh dear, another pointless death caused by over consumption of alcohol. Everything in moderation guys
thinkbefore
Careless by the driver. He had a difficult passenger but she should have been aware of the danger. I think they get training about safety.
sir_bentley28
Something doesn't add up. If the taxi driver was stopped at a light, how fast was the other driver going even though there was a red light? The taxi driver won't be in too much trouble, though he could've looked properlybecause it was a health emergency. The other driver would be in trouble.