A Japanese man drove the wrong way down an expressway
for 90 kilometres (55 miles) and broke through five police
barricades because his cat had died, he told police.
Tsutomu Mizumoto, 31, was arrested early Wednesday on the
northern island of Hokkaido, the Mainichi daily reported.
Police said they responded to an emergency call about 5:45 a.m.
about a car driving the wrong way on a motorway near the city of
Otaru. They spotted the vehicle 15 minutes later and pursued the
driver, ordering him to stop.
Mizumoto ignored them and drove on, smashing through five
emergency blockades and passing through a tollgate. He finally
stopped at about 7:15 a.m. when police detained him.
"I was sad that my pet cat died," he was quoted as telling
police. "I wanted to do something crazy."
