An 18-year-old boy has been arrested over the hit-and-run death of a 65-year-old woman cyclist in Nagoya.

According to police, the incident occurred at around 12:10 a.m. Sunday. Yahoo News quoted police as saying that the boy was driving under the influence of alcohol when he hit Eiko Mori as she was on a crossing at an intersection in Nakamura Ward.

The suspect, who has been charged with vehicular manslaughter, said he fled the scene because he knew he was drunk.

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