Fukushima Two people died during clean-up activities and were prosecuted for murder due to intentional splashes June 30, 10:47
Last month, the prosecution said that a 50-year-old man who was arrested for suspicion of hitting and running was killed intentionally in a case where two people who were doing community cleaning activities in Miharu-cho, Fukushima Prefecture were hit by a truck and died. Interviews with related parties revealed that the company has decided to prosecute for murder on the 30th. He said he had no acquaintance with the two people and stated that he wanted to enter prison.
Yoshitaka Morito, a 50-year-old unemployed and unemployed, drove two men and women in their 50s who were driving a truck unlicensed on the national highway of Miharu town on the morning of the 31st of last month. He was arrested on the suspicion of escaping.
Subsequent investigations revealed that after passing the scene once, it seems that two people were hit at 60 km/h or more without making a U-turn and slowing down.
It is said that he was not acquainted with the two people and made a statement to the investigation to the effect that "I wanted to get into prison, so I intentionally hit it."
The Fukushima District Public Prosecutor's Office has confirmed that the two could be killed and deliberately rejected them, and decided to prosecute Suspect Morito for murder on the 30th.
Suddenly killing two people who were mowing and cleaning the roadside for the area was expected to be tried as an indiscriminate murder case.