Japan: Fire chief charged with hit and run

Chief fled to conceal that he was drunk at the time of the collision

August 20, 2012 03:23 AM

The Daily Yomiuri

TAKAMATSU, Japan — A fire chief was arrested Sunday on suspicion of involvement in a hit-and-run accident that injured a prefectural employee.

Katsuya Miyauchi, the 50-year-old chief of a local firefighters office of the Takamatsu municipal fire department, is suspected of driving off after rear-ending a motorcycle on a street in Takamatsu at 10:10 p.m. Saturday. A 38-year-old prefectural government employee who was riding the motorbike suffered slight injuries.

Miyauchi reportedly told police: “I fled because I was afraid it would be found out that I was drunk.”

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