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Drunk driver arrested for hit-and-run in Saitama

Police on Wednesday arrested a man for hitting a 20-year-old vocational student with his car on the street in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, and then leaving the scene. The victim was taken to hospital with a broken back. Nobutoshi Nozawa, 21, was... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Wed, Mar 12 2008

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