Former Chief of the Special Investigations Section “No step on the accelerator” Claims acquittal at runaway accident first trial February 17 17:01

A trial accused of guilty of an elderly lawyer who served as the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Specialist, etc. accidentally runaway of a car and killed a man on the sidewalk began in the Tokyo District Court, and a lawyer said, `` Never step on the accelerator pedal Not that. "

Former Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Special Investigator and Attorney Tatsuhiro Ishikawa (80) accidentally depressed the accelerator pedal of a passenger car in Tokyo accidentally in February, causing him to run away for 320 meters and to kill a man on the sidewalk. He has been charged with driving fatalities.

At the first trial held in the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday, Attorney Ishikawa asserted acquittal, saying, "I will never step on the accelerator pedal."

The prosecution then pointed out at the opening statement that "when the defendant tried to get out of the parked car, he accidentally depressed the accelerator pedal with his left foot and the car ran away at a speed exceeding 100 km / h."

On the other hand, the defense said, "When the vehicle was stopped, the defendant had moved the driver's seat back to a position where his feet could not reach the accelerator pedal. Is conceivable enough. "

Ishikawa has served as Chief of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office of the Special Investigation for the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office and the Attorney General of the Nagoya High Prosecutor's Office.

The trial in this case is expected to continue until July.