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: A Japanese man drove down the wrong side of an expressway in the
: northern island of Hokkaido and busted through five police
: blockades before he was arrested - all because he was upset his
: cat died.
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: Local newspaper The Mainichi Daily News reports 31-year-old
: Tsutomu Mizumoto drove 90 kilometres down the opposite direction
: on the Sasson Expressway near Otaru early Wednesday morning. He
: refused to pull over when police tried to stop him so five
: emergency blockades were set up, though he drove through all of
: them. After being pursued by cops for more than an hour,
: Mizumoto pulled over and was arrested. His car struck one other
: vehicle during the pursuit but no one was hurt.
:
: "I was sad that my pet cat died. I wanted to do something
: crazy," Mizumoto said when police asked about his motives.
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