Kanazawa elevator accident Police "do not seek disposal" opinion sent February 20 15:30
Eight years ago, a police woman who was suspected of negligence in business in a Kanazawa city hotel was killed by a woman who was pinched by an elevator at a hotel in Kanazawa. We sent a document to the Public Prosecutor's Office stating that we could not say that we could not foresee, and that we did not seek disposal.
Eight years ago, in October 2012, an elevator rose with the door open at a hotel in front of JR Kanazawa Station, and Shiko Maegato (63 at that time), a cleaning worker, was pinched and died. Police were investigating maintenance and inspection contractors for alleged negligence.
According to investigators, the elevator in which the accident occurred was a type of hanging a car from a pulley near the ceiling with a wire, and the brake parts attached to the pulley were worn and it seems that the brakes did not work. I understand.
However, police said that the wear of the brake parts was not in a state that could be confirmed visually, so it could not be said that the accident could be fully foreseen, and said that several people, such as maintenance inspectors, did not seek disposal. The documents have been sent to the Public Prosecutor's Office on the 3rd of this month.
Tomoyuki, the eldest son of Maeda, commented on this, saying, "I was sad for a while after receiving an explanation from the police, but I have no choice but to accept it as a result of the investigation."