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Friday, August 26, 2016

Pokemon Go kills pedestrian

A female pedestrian has been killed and another badly injured in a car accident in western Japan,  involving a man playing the popular Pokemon Go game while driving. 

The driver said he had been distracted by the game after his arrest for negligent driving following the accident on Wednesday evening , a spokesman for the Tokushima prefectural police said. 

''The driver is still in custody . No decision has been made yet on whether to proceed with a prosecution.  The popularity of augmented -reality Pokemon Go around the world has generated crowds of people in parks and other public places as user search for monsters , but has also been blamed for injuries and robberies of distracted users.
        






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