Two years have passed since a car crashed into the sidewalk of Otsu City and the nursery school children were killed or injured.
People living nearby visited the accident site and mourned the deceased children.
On May 8th, at an intersection in Otsu City, a car that was going straight rushed into the sidewalk when it collided with a right-turning car, two kindergarten children who were taking a walk died, and 14 people including a nursery teacher were seriously injured. I did.
On the 8th, two years after the accident, flowers and sweets were offered at the site, and visitors quietly joined hands to mourn the deceased child.
A 32-year-old man living nearby said, "I prayed with the feeling of'peace'. It's not a thing because my eldest son attended the same nursery school. I think the suffering of the parties will not go away." I did.
After the accident, emergency inspections such as walking routes for children were carried out in Shiga Prefecture, and by the end of March, protective fences were installed to prevent cars from entering, and countermeasures were taken at most of the target 1300 locations. finished.
In addition, in the wake of the accident, in Otsu City, a "kids zone" was established to alert drivers by painting green and white on the roads in nearly 500 places around the city such as kindergartens and nursery schools. ..