A Subaru sedan and a motorcycle involved in a fatal collision Wednesday were parked at the Urasoe Police Station, Okinawa, on Jan. 2, 2025. (Brian McElhiney/Stars and Stripes)

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Japanese motorcyclist was killed early New Year’s Day in a two-vehicle collision involving a U.S. Marine, according to Japanese police.

The 22-year-old Marine from Camp Foster was northbound on Route 58 in a sedan when he collided with a motorcycle at 5:21 a.m. Wednesday in the Gusukuma district of Urasoe city, an Okinawa Prefectural Police spokesman said by phone Thursday. He declined to identify the Marine, who was not arrested.

The motorcyclist, Koji Moriyama, 56, of Urasoe, was declared dead at 6:16 a.m. at a hospital in southern Okinawa, the spokesman said.

The Marine was not under the influence of alcohol at the time, a spokesman at the Urasoe Police Station said Thursday.

The Marine was not injured in the collision and cooperated with police at the scene, according to an email Thursday from Wes Hayes, a spokesman for Marine Corps Installations Pacific.

Personnel from the base Provost Marshal’s Office also responded to the scene and are working cooperatively with prefectural police on the investigation, he said.

“Marine Corps Installations Pacific expresses their deep condolences to the family of the individual who lost their life in this tragic accident,” Hayes said.

The collision occurred just after Moriyama shifted from the third to the second lane of the four-lane highway, the prefectural police spokesman said.

A passerby reported the incident to police minutes later, saying that Moriyama was “bleeding from his head,” the spokesman said.

The incident is under investigation, the spokesman said.

Some Japanese government officials may speak to the media only on condition of anonymity.