Ikebukuro runaway accident 88-year-old former Ministry of International Trade and Industry executive to document inspection on 12th November 11:21:38

In April, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department plans to send the driver a documented suspicion of negligent driving and lethal injury on the 12th regarding an accident in which an elderly driver's car ran out of control in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. . It is said that a driving mistake that made a mistake in stepping on the brake and accelerator caused the accident.

In April, in Tokyo Ikebukuro, a passenger car went out of control and hit pedestrians one after another. Mana Matsunaga (31) and the eldest daughter, Reiko-chan (3), who were riding bicycles, died and 10 people were seriously injured. Owed.

The passenger car was driven by Kozo Iizuka, a former officer of the former Ministry of International Trade and Industry (88), and the Metropolitan Police Department has been investigating the detailed cause of the accident.

According to the investigator, there was no problem with the car, and as a result of analyzing the records of the drive recorder, it was determined that a driving mistake that caused the driver to mistake the brake and accelerator was the cause of the accident.

The Metropolitan Police Department plans to send documents to former Iizuka staff on the 12th for suspicion of lethal driving.

It means that it is stated that “There is a possibility of having panicked and having made a mistake in stepping on the brake and the accelerator” in response to the investigation so far.