Ryo Nishikido, a member of pop idol group News, caused a rear-end accident while driving a car on a section of an expressway in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Sunday, injuring a woman in the other car, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
     The police suspect that Nishikido, 24, may have not been paying full attention while caught in heavy traffic on the metropolitan expressway way when the accident occurred at around 3:45 p.m.
     Nishikido's car bumped into the car in front, which in turn collided with the car ahead of it, according to the police. The woman in the car hit by Nishikido's vehicle suffered minor injuries, the police said.
     The police said they may send information to prosecutors on Nishikido if further investigations show the woman's injuries were the result of negligence on his part.
==Kyodo