A man in his 70s died after he was apparently pushed off a bridge in Osaka on Monday morning.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 1:05 a.m. on Mikunibashi bridge which spans the Kanzaki River in Yodogawa Ward. Kyodo News reported that police received a call from a pedestrian who said he saw a man sitting on a bridge railing. Another man stood behind him and seemed to push him, according to the witness. The second man got into a car and drove off.
Police and rescue personnel searched the river and found the man at 3:20 a.m., some 20 meters downstream from the bridge. The man was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. He was wearing shorts, a T-shirt and was barefoot. He had no ID on him.
Police said they are examining surveillance camera footage to try and determine what happened and also to identify the car.
© Japan Today
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Gaijinjland
Not the first time somebody’s been pushed off a bridge in Osaka.
Rodney
2 hours to find a body 20 meters away?
WiseOneIn Kansai
Duh, Well, it's not exactly daylight at 3am in the morning is it. . . . .
Marc Lowe
It is all but obvious the man asked a friend to help him commit suicide. The elderly gentleman chose a less painful route and without drama. He and his accomplice should not be punished.
Justin Case
Many bodies, especially lean ones, sink. And thus it takes divers to go in and find the body on the bottom. People with high fat content often float. But a skinny person, once the air goes out of their lungs, often sinks and only pops up as the gases accumulate during decomposition
Michael Machida
Why would he be out there so late early in the morning with a man women behind him with a car waiting in the background?
Fishy.
sir_bentley28
What a punk! Man up to your own blank ups!