Several pedestrians were struck on a road, one fatally, in a city southwest of Tokyo by a driver in her 90s, local police reported on Monday.
The driver, a female in her 90s, and six other people aged between 30 and 60 were rushed to hospital from the scene, where one of the women remained unconscious temporarily.
According to local rescue officials, the accident, which occurred at around 10:55 a.m. local time in Chigasaki city in Kanagawa Prefecture, was the result of the elderly female driver pulling out from a company building and onto a main street.
In doing so, she struck four people who were on a crossing walk and two other people who were on a side street.
The latest accident involving an elderly driver has underscored the need for the National Police Agency (NPA) to enforce mandatory cognition tests for drivers wishing to renew their licenses who are aged 75 or over, observers of the matter said.
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