A 17-year old high school student will likely be prosecuted for the death of a policeman after he collided with him while riding his bicycle.
The police officer had been in a coma in hospital since August, after he hit his head on the sidewalk after the bicycle ran into him. He died yesterday after suffering an acute bleed to the brain caused by the injury.
Netizens speculate that the boy ran into the police officer on purpose, and given the fact that the police are proceeding with a possible prosecution, it seems that this might not be far from the truth.
From 47 News:
Police Officer Knocked Unconscious By Bicycle Dies In Kochi Prefecture; High School Student Referred To District Prosecutors
On October 26, Police Sergeant Nakamura Naofumi (25), of the South Kochi district division, died from an acute subdural haematoma. He had been in a coma since an incident in Kochi City last August where he was knocked over after asking a male high school student to stop his bicycle.
The incident occurred on the evening of August 14. The high school student had been riding his bicycle without lights along a sidewalk in the Nagahama area of Kochi City when Sergeant Nakamura was hit head-on after trying to stop him. Sergeant Nakamura fell and hit his head and was rushed to hospital, while the high school student was arrested at the scene for causing injury through negligence.
On October 20, Kochi Prefectural Police referred the high school student to district prosecutors, changing the charge to that of bodily harm, for having injured Sergeant Nakamura in the collision even though he had noticed him there on the sidewalk in front of him.
Comments from 2ch.net:
名無しさん＠１周年:
A murderous high schooler, huh?
名無しさん＠１周年:
I guess they can go with a murder charge over this because he did it willfully?
名無しさん＠１周年:
Guess this high school student’s life has come to a dead end.
名無しさん＠１周年:
This is just a straightforward accident.
Did the police officer jump out in front of him?
名無しさん＠１周年:
So did he try to escape after the police officer tried to stop him?
This offense just got a whole lot more serious.
名無しさん＠１周年:[in response to above]
Far from trying to get away from him, he ran him over didn’t he?
名無しさん＠１周年:
He did it purposely, what a nasty piece of work.
Even if he didn’t do it maliciously, a hundred million yen [approx. $826,047] in compensation wouldn’t cut it.
It’s over for you, high school kid. Ding! w
名無しさん＠１周年:
This police officer was probably about to get married…
Pay with your life, you little shit.
名無しさん＠１周年:
I suppose he must have sped-up after being seen by the police officer, and run into him.
He’s probably a really dangerous guy, right?
名無しさん＠１周年:
His bike had no lights, you wouldn’t have been able to see him.
Looks like he’s falsely accused.
名無しさん＠１周年:
Usually it’s the person who’d been riding the bike who’d be in the verge of death.
Was he using one of those turn of the century bicycles with a bayonet sticking out of it or something?
名無しさん＠１周年:
It’s disgusting to kill a police offer.
名無しさん＠１周年:
If someone’s coming toward you, shoot’em dead.
名無しさん＠１周年:
Stupid police officer, trying to make him stop by standing in his way.
名無しさん＠１周年:
He’s done for.
Police ain’t gonna go easy on you just because you’re a minor.
名無しさん＠１周年:
I suppose the kid wanted to do a hit-and-run on the cop.
But now look what’s happened.
100% did it maliciously.
Throw him in the slammer.
