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IrelandEbina hit-and-run suspect tested negative for alcohol and drugs, report says
The truck driver denies knowledge of the collision that killed two elderly women at a crossing in Kanagawa Prefecture.
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海老名市ひき逃げ事件 トラック運転の49歳男逮捕 容疑否認「全く分からない」【もっと知りたい！】【グッド！モーニング】(2026年11月14日)
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- 0:00The truck arrives at Ebina Police Station before dawn as Seiya Kato reports outside.
- 1:05Investigators say the truck turned left at a green light and struck two women crossing the road.
- 2:05A computer-generated reconstruction illustrates the reported turn and the truck's departure.
- 2:35An eyewitness recalls hearing a scream and seeing people on the road after a truck passed.
- 3:46The report announces Makoto Aida's arrest and relays his denial of knowledge of the collision.
No alcohol or drugs were detected in the truck driver arrested after two elderly women died at a pedestrian crossing in Ebina, according to a follow-up report from Japan's TV Asahi news channel, ANNnewsCH.
The channel reports that Makoto Aida, 49, was referred to prosecutors on November 15 on suspicion of negligent driving resulting in death and leaving the scene. He denies the allegations, acknowledging that he drove near the location but telling police he knows nothing about the collision.
The November 14 report follows the investigation from the intersection to Ebina Police Station. According to investigators cited in the report, a large truck turned left at a green light beneath an elevated section of National Route 246 shortly after 3 p.m. on November 13, struck the women as they crossed and continued without stopping. Both women were pronounced dead at the scene.
An eyewitness describes hearing a woman scream, seeing a large truck pass and then noticing people lying in the road. Bags and shoes are visible near the crossing, while police and emergency crews work behind blue screening.
The report examines visibility at the junction. It was still daylight, and the footage shows no roadside trees obstructing the view of the sidewalk. A nearby worker says the broad intersection does not have particularly poor visibility. Neither observation establishes what the driver saw.
Police located the truck at a company in Sagamihara, the report says. Reporter Seiya Kato is outside the police station as it arrives before dawn, noting marks resembling blood on a rear mudflap. The follow-up, citing investigators, says Aida is believed to have returned to the company after the collision.
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