Overview
- On Wednesday morning Mitoma’s car struck a woman cyclist at a Tokyo intersection and the woman was taken to hospital and diagnosed with bruises.
- The Tokyo Metropolitan Police have opened an investigation into possible dangerous driving to determine if traffic rules were broken.
- Mitoma’s management issued a public apology, said he checked on the injured woman at the scene, and confirmed he is cooperating with authorities.
- Japanese media reports say he may have gone through the intersection against a red light after allegedly mistaking a pedestrian green signal for a vehicle signal, but that detail remains unconfirmed.
- Mitoma is a forward for Brighton & Hove Albion and the probe could carry legal and reputational consequences depending on the police findings and any charges that follow.