Old woman, killed in collision while backing up in convenience store parking lot, Sukagawa City.
06/27/2022
FUKUSHIMA – A woman, believed to be in her 70s, was struck and killed by a minicar backing up in the parking lot of a convenience store in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture.
The accident occurred in the parking lot of a convenience store in Nakajuku, Sukagawa City, just before 9:00 p.m. on June 26, when a woman in her 40s from Sukagawa City tried to back out of a parked minicar and collided with a woman believed to be in her 70s who was walking in the parking lot.
The woman hit her head hard and was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead approximately seven hours later. The woman who was driving the car stated that she did not notice the woman when the police investigated.
Police are working to identify the deceased woman.
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