READ MORE: No alcohol & fireworks: US military restricts troops in Okinawa after murder, rape
Aimee Mejia, stationed at the Kadena Air Base, was driving in the opposite lane to the two vehicles, her blood alcohol level six times the limit, the Asahi Shimbun quoted the police as saying. Two individuals in the other vehicles sustained injuries.
The incident comes at a troubled time for the US base in Okinawa. Already highly unpopular with locals, the US military found itself in the middle of two scandals involving a murder and a rape – both of the victims young Japanese women.
Faced with popular outrage, the US military put its servicemen on a short leash, with curfews, movement restrictions and a ban on drinking alcohol off base.
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