Woman Arrested in Tokyo Following Reckless High-Speed Wrong-Way Chase from Chiba
On the afternoon of the 9th, a woman driving a passenger car who ignored police negotiations on the Keiyo Road in Chiba City, suddenly accelerated and fled by driving the wrong way on the Tokyo Gaikan Expressway and other routes, was finally apprehended in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, and arrested on the spot for violating the Swords and Firearms Control Law. According to the police and other sources, around 9:30 a.m. on the 9th, a report was received stating that "there is a car obstructing traffic" near the Matsugaoka Interchange (IC) on the inbound Keiyo Road in Chuo Ward, Chiba City. Police officers spent about an hour trying to persuade the woman parked on the road shoulder to move her vehicle, but she refused and suddenly accelerated. She reportedly attempted to escape by crashing into multiple police cars that had surrounded her. The car then headed toward the Takaya Junction (JCT) and began driving the wrong way on the Tokyo Gaikan Expressway. Because it became a dangerous ru...