Twenty-one years ago, in Ninohe City, Iwate Prefecture, a drunk driving light truck crashed into a line of elementary school students, killing two children.
A mother who lost her eldest daughter, who was seven years old at the time, visited the prefectural road to offer flowers and mourned her daughter's death.
On November 28, 2000, a drunk driving light truck crashed into a line of elementary school students who were attending a group school on a prefectural road in Ninohe City, injuring six people and killing two children.
Reiko Osaki, who lost her eldest daughter Ryoka, who was in the first grade of elementary school, visits the site every year on the anniversary of her death, and on the 28th, 21 years after the accident, she offered flowers around 7:30 am. After that, I was alone quietly holding hands and mourning the death of my daughter.
After the accident, Mr. Osaki has
been engaged in signing activities calling for stricter punishment for drunk driving, and
has continued to give lectures in various places to help children learn about the importance of life.
Mr. Osaki says, "I come to this place every year to face the regrets and sufferings of my daughter who was suddenly deprived of her life, but I am sad because there are no end to drunk driving accidents such as the accident in Yachimata City, Chiba Prefecture. I want the driver to drive with the consciousness that he holds the life of a person. "