Overview
- The crash occurred around 8:55 a.m. at the Horikawa–Marutamachi intersection in Kyoto’s Kamigyo Ward.
- Police arrested Ikeda Keisuke, 54, on suspicion of negligent driving causing injury after a car struck a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
- Two drivers and the pedestrian, a man in his 20s, were transported to hospital, and the pedestrian was conscious when taken.
- Police said the arrested driver then collided with three other cars while continuing along Marutamachi Street.
- Reports differ on whether three or four passenger cars were involved, a detail investigators are working to clarify.