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An 83-year-old woman died after she was hit by a snow plow in the parking lot of a convenience store in Kushiro, Hokkaido.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at a Seicomart store. The Hokkaido Shimbun reported that the snow plow was clearing the parking lot when it hit the woman, Yoshiko Sasaki, who was coming out of the store.
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Jake Lonergan
Okay, but was the operator arrested?
ReformedBasher
Was he/she at fault?
Plough in parking lot, she's coming out if the store... is there nothing between the lot and the door?
Oono Toshihiko
It was a tragedies.
Jake Lonergan
Never seems to matter if one is driving a car. They just arrest the driver, and ask questions later. Then they come up with bizarre answers if you ask me.
nandakandamanda
In a blizzard, on private land (not a public road, so not governed by road traffic laws). Lights on, engine running. Was the old lady watching where she was going? Extenuating circumstances, I would guess.
Even so, the authorities will probably throw the book at the operator.