A 73-year-old man in a wheelchair died in an apparent hit-and-run case in Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Saturday.

According to police, a jogger found the man lying in a riverbed next to a road at around 6:15 a.m. Saturday, NTV reported. His wheelchair was also found lying on its side nearby, and there were traces of it having been hit by a car, police said.

The man was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.