Hato bus accident to send driver documents inspection Driving with influenza or 3:54 on August 5
In December last year, the Tokyo tourist bus "Hato Bus" collided with a hire and the driver of the other party died, and the Metropolitan Police Department said that the bus driver had an illness even though the driver was ill , It is a policy that the documents will be sent for inspection on the 5th on the suspicion of fatal negligence. The driver had the flu at the time.
In December of last year, a 52-year-old man who was a driver of a hire died after hitting a hire bus that was stopped by a sightseeing bus "Hato Bus" in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, it was a 38-year-old male driver who was driving the bus, and the drive recorder showed the driver's head slowly shaking a few seconds before the accident.
Subsequent inspections revealed that the driver was affected by the flu and was believed to have had a fever of over 38 degrees at the time.
For this reason, the Metropolitan Police Department is planning to send documents on the 5th on the suspicion of fatal negligence driving even if the driver had a physical condition and had an accident.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, etc., the driver was saying that he had no cold memory before and after the accident because he was at work at the time taking Kampo medicine.
Doctor "driver needs special attention"
Regarding this accident, Dr. Noriko Murakami, who is familiar with the symptoms of influenza, said, "The influenza virus is known to have a very large effect on the central nervous system, and it is possible that sudden consciousness may occur and consciousness may be disturbed. Bus drivers and others are jobs that save a lot of lives, so we need to be especially careful."
In addition, he said, "If you have any symptoms of fever, drowsiness, or coughing during the flu epidemic, be sure to see a medical institution before going to work."