埼玉県の市道で、下校中の小学生の列に車が突っ込み、4人の子どもがけがを負うひき逃げ事件が発生しました。
タイトル：4 schoolchildren injured in hit-and-run incident near Tokyo
The SUV veered and ran into a line of about 10 children from behind.
※veer 向きを変わる、それる
※run into ➾crash into/plow into
※plow (耕作用の)すき、除雪機 動詞：溝をつくる、骨を折って進むplow into突進する
子供たちは、視界のよい歩道のない道路の路肩を歩いていました。
The incident took place on a straight road with good visibility. There was no sidewalk, so the children were walking on the shoulder of the road.
※sidewalk 歩道 (英)pavement
※shoulder of the road/ (road) shoulder ☆路肩に停車するpull a car over to the side of the road
一人が骨折して、3名が軽傷を負いました。
Of the four 11-year-old boys who were injured, one is believed to have suffered a fractured leg and is in serious condition, while the others sustained minor injuries.
※fracture骨などを折る、砕く broken leg
ドライブレコーダーの映像には車が逃亡する一部始終が残っており、車は乗り捨てられていました。
Footage from the dashboard camera(➾dashcam) of another vehicle shows two men getting out of the vehicle that caused the incident. They fled the scene without offering assistance.
※flee 逃げる
4日後、解体工で中国籍のトウ洪鵬（とう・こうほう）容疑者（42）が自首。
タイトル：Police Apparent suspect in Saitama hit-and-run incident surrenders
The man, a demolition worker believed to be responsible for a hit-and-run incident has turned himself in to police.
自首する surrender oneself to the police、turn oneself in to the police
その後の調べで飲酒運転だったことが判明し、飲酒を知って運転させた同乗者も逮捕されました。
The further investigations revealed the driver was suspected of driving under the influence, after allegedly drinking liquor at a restaurant in the city earlier in the day.
※酒気帯び運転＝driving under the influence (of alcohol)/driving while intoxicated=DWI／drunk-driving
Police also arrested a 25-year-old Chinese national who had been in the car when the incident occurred, for apparently allowing the driver to take the wheel despite being aware he had consumed alcohol.
※take the wheelハンドルを握る、運転する
その翌日、ペルー人の運転手が高速道路を10キロに渡り逆走する事件が起こりました。
Peruvian held over wrong-way driving that led to traffic pileup（タイトル）
※高速を逆走する：drive on the wrong side of the expressway
※pileup 数台の車の衝突事故、（衝突による）玉つき状態
二人とも、外免切替を利用して日本の免許を取得していました。外国人運転手による事故が急増しており見直しが急務です。
Two high-profile accidents involving foreign motorists in Japan have raised questions about the current system for converting overseas driver's licenses.
※high-profile めだった
※motorist 自家用自動車運転者
The Japanese government is considering more restrictions on foreign driver’s license conversions.
※convert変える、転換する ➾他にはswitching one’s driver’s license to a Japanese driver’s license
