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Seven-Year-Old Boy Hit and Killed in Front of Convenience Store in Hyogo; 58-Year-Old Man Arrested on the Spot (Kyodo News)

At around 4:50 p.m. on the 14th, a 7-year-old elementary school boy was struck and killed by a passenger car making a right turn on the sidewalk in front of a convenience store in Okubo-cho, Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture. The prefectural police have arrested Kazuo Morooka, a 58-year-old company employee from Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture, who was driving the passenger car, on suspicion of violating the Act on Punishment of Offenses Relating to…
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At around 4:50 p.m. on the 14th, a 7-year-old elementary school boy was struck and killed by a passenger car making a right turn on the sidewalk in front of a convenience store in Okubo-cho, Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture. The prefectural police have arrested Kazuo Morooka, a 58-year-old company employee from Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture, who was driving the passenger car, on suspicion of violating the Act on Punishment of Offenses Relating to…

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熊本日日新聞社 broke the news in on Saturday, March 14, 2026.
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