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Driver Killed a Pedestrian in Japan While Playing Pokemon Go (fortune.com)

Posted by msmash on from the mad-world dept.

An anonymous reader writes: One woman was killed and another injured. In what police are calling Japan's first death linked to Pokemon Go, a driver playing the smartphone game hit two pedestrians on Tuesday night, officials said. The collision broke the neck of one woman, killing her, and left another woman with a broken hip, the Wall Street Journal reports. Police in Tokushima, on the western Japanese island of Shikoku, told the Wall Street Journal the women were crossing the street when the car struck them. The man driving the car did not see them because was playing Pokemon Go.

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  1. You've captured Manslaughter! by tekrat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Achievement level unlocked!

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    If telephones are outlawed, then only outlaws will have telephones.
    1. Re:You've captured Manslaughter! by Panoptes · · Score: 3, Funny

      'It's Niantic's fault! Lets sue the carp out of them!' Sounds fishy to me.

  2. Re:They apparently need to add another pop up by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stop contradicting yourself!

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    "That's the way to do it" - Punch
  3. Legal services as in-app purchase by JoeyRox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Press here to buy two hours of legal consultation after killing someone playing this game.