Soldier a suspect in hit-and-run fatality

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Soldier a suspect in hit-and-run fatality
By Hana Kusumoto and David Allen, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday, November 12, 2009

YOMITAN, Okinawa — A U.S. soldier has been identified as the driver of a car police suspect was involved in a fatal hit-and-run Saturday, Okinawa officials said Tuesday.

The soldier is in the custody of military police, who have arranged for him to be questioned by Okinawa investigators, officials said. His name was not released.

Army Col. James T. Woodard, commander of the 10th Support Group at Torii Station, visited the Yomitan village office Tuesday morning to offer his condolences to the victim’s family and the Okinawan community.

Woodard declined to give any personal information about the soldier, Yomitan town spokesman Hideki Hamagawa said. Woodard also told Mayor Keizo Yasuda that the soldier in custody didn’t own the car and that the owner was on a mission elsewhere, Hamagawa said.

During the visit, Yasuda handed a letter to Woodard urging him to discipline his soldiers and take measures to prevent such incidents.


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