Suginami Ward parent and child fatal accident: Mechanic accused of stepping on brakes at the same time indicted. Chihiro Sugimoto (43) and her daughter Nagi (6), a first-year elementary school student, were struck by a passenger car that was reversing out of an auto repair company's store.
He was hit and died. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office indicted the mechanic on charges of negligent driving resulting in death, claiming that he had also stepped on the accelerator by mistake.