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53-Year-Old Man Arrested on Suspicion of Hit-and-Run; Denies Charges, Claims "I Didn't Think It Was a Person"; Man Who Was Conscious Immediately After the Accident Dies in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture

A 53-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run incident that occurred on the 8th in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, in which a man was killed afterward. The suspect, Mikio Takeuchi (53), who is unemployed, is suspected of hitting Mitsuaki Sakairi (45) with his car on a city road in Teshiragi, Tsukuba City, on the evening of the 8th, and then fleeing the scene, resulting in Sakairi's death. Sakairi was conscious and able t…
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A 53-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run incident that occurred on the 8th in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, in which a man was killed afterward. The suspect, Mikio Takeuchi (53), who is unemployed, is suspected of hitting Mitsuaki Sakairi (45) with his car on a city road in Teshiragi, Tsukuba City, on the evening of the 8th, and then fleeing the scene, resulting in Sakairi's death. Sakairi was conscious and able t…

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FNN.jpプライムオンライン broke the news on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
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