Japan footballer Mitoma not to be indicted over Tokyo traffic accident

TOKYO - Japanese footballer Kaoru Mitoma will not face indictment over a traffic accident in Tokyo that left a cyclist injured, prosecutors said Friday.

Police referred the case to prosecutors after Mitoma, who plays for Brighton in the English Premier League, collided with a bicycle while driving through an intersection in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward on July 8. He was suspected of negligent driving resulting in injury.