THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 5, 2021 at 15:55 JST
The Nogata Police Station in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Tokyo police arrested a man on Oct. 4 on suspicion of stealing cash from the wallet of a bicycle rider who was hit by a train at a railroad crossing and died.
Toshihiro Yoshida, 61, who lives in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward, admitted to the allegations, according to investigative sources.
“I wanted money. I stole it from a wallet,” police quoted him as saying.
Yoshida is accused of removing the cash from the wallet that was in the bag of the accident victim, who was in his 50s.
He was hit by a train at a railroad crossing between Toritsu-Kasei and Nogata stations on the Seibu Shinjuku Line near the suspect’s home just after 11 p.m. on Aug. 29.
Police believe the man entered the railroad crossing by mistake on his bicycle after the crossing bars had lowered.
He was pronounced dead about an hour and a half later at a hospital. Yoshida had witnessed the accident and explained how it had unfolded to police.
Nearby security cameras recorded a man checking inside the victim’s bag, according to the sources.
The wallet had been returned to the bag after the cash was removed, they said.
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