On April 27, 2011, a man drove his car into a police station in Oyama-shi (Oyama City), Tochigi-ken (Tochigi Prefecture) - but died hours later during questioning.
Okunuki Takafumi (surname first), 32, was shirtless and screaming as he drove his car (probably white) through the g;ass front door of the police station at 1:25PM. While the automatic front doors at the station's entrance were badly damaged, police said only a 77-year-old man was hurt with a cut finger from falling glass.
Tochigi Police quickly arrested Okunuki at the scene, and were questioning him when he collapsed into consciousness. Okunuki was taken to hospital and pronounced dead at 5:35PM.
While an autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death, Tochigi police are adamant that there were no irregularities or problems during their questioning of Okukini and that at no time was he ever put at risk.
Andrew Joseph
(Blog Note: Now... I'm not an expert, but I do I play one in this blog, but I'm guessing that if some shirtless guy is screaming ('Banzai' or 'Tora-tora-tora' perhaps?) and drives into a police station in the middle of the day... I'm guessing there is something wrong.
Even if we were to discount any possible mental anguish suffered by Okunuki caused by some chemical imbalance, grief, drug or alcohol, the guy did drive through a building. Perhaps he hit his head on the steering wheel. It's possible he had a hidden injury... he should still have been taken to a hospital as a precaution.
Now... another factor to consider... if I'm a police officer and someone may have shown disdain for my job and my building - I'm going to be quite angry. Is it possible that someone bounced his head off a table once or twice? Could he have been given any stomach punches with the old-telephone book in the way to avoid bruising. Could the police have roughed him up despite saying they didn't do anything? Sure. We're not naive enough to think that's not a possibility.
Isn't Japan the 'polite' country? Yes. But this was an assault on a police station. No police officer anywhere likes being attacked - if that's what it was. Perhaps in whatever state the victim was, it caused him to lose control and plow into a police station by accident.
It's possible he lost control while trying to remove his shirt. He could have been screaming as he plowed into the building. Who hasn't done that?
Does anyone think there will be any follow-up data on this one? Nope. Unless we find out Okunuki's anguish is caused by something to do with the tsunami, earthquake or the radiation fallout.
PS: Banzai = Japanese war cry meaning: 10,000 years. Bonsai = tree dwarfing through bondage.
You can read about my exploits with tree bondage HERE.
PPS: Tora-tora-tora = attack-attack-attack! It actually means 'tiger' a code name for the torpedo attack on Pearl Harbor.
Okunuki Takafumi (surname first), 32, was shirtless and screaming as he drove his car (probably white) through the g;ass front door of the police station at 1:25PM. While the automatic front doors at the station's entrance were badly damaged, police said only a 77-year-old man was hurt with a cut finger from falling glass.
Tochigi Police quickly arrested Okunuki at the scene, and were questioning him when he collapsed into consciousness. Okunuki was taken to hospital and pronounced dead at 5:35PM.
While an autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death, Tochigi police are adamant that there were no irregularities or problems during their questioning of Okukini and that at no time was he ever put at risk.
Andrew Joseph
(Blog Note: Now... I'm not an expert, but I do I play one in this blog, but I'm guessing that if some shirtless guy is screaming ('Banzai' or 'Tora-tora-tora' perhaps?) and drives into a police station in the middle of the day... I'm guessing there is something wrong.
Even if we were to discount any possible mental anguish suffered by Okunuki caused by some chemical imbalance, grief, drug or alcohol, the guy did drive through a building. Perhaps he hit his head on the steering wheel. It's possible he had a hidden injury... he should still have been taken to a hospital as a precaution.
Now... another factor to consider... if I'm a police officer and someone may have shown disdain for my job and my building - I'm going to be quite angry. Is it possible that someone bounced his head off a table once or twice? Could he have been given any stomach punches with the old-telephone book in the way to avoid bruising. Could the police have roughed him up despite saying they didn't do anything? Sure. We're not naive enough to think that's not a possibility.
Isn't Japan the 'polite' country? Yes. But this was an assault on a police station. No police officer anywhere likes being attacked - if that's what it was. Perhaps in whatever state the victim was, it caused him to lose control and plow into a police station by accident.
It's possible he lost control while trying to remove his shirt. He could have been screaming as he plowed into the building. Who hasn't done that?
Does anyone think there will be any follow-up data on this one? Nope. Unless we find out Okunuki's anguish is caused by something to do with the tsunami, earthquake or the radiation fallout.
PS: Banzai = Japanese war cry meaning: 10,000 years. Bonsai = tree dwarfing through bondage.
You can read about my exploits with tree bondage HERE.
PPS: Tora-tora-tora = attack-attack-attack! It actually means 'tiger' a code name for the torpedo attack on Pearl Harbor.
