It has been 11 years since the accident in which a crane car crashed into a line of elementary school students in Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, and six children died. I did.
Eleven years ago, on April 18, 2011, a crane car crashed into a line of elementary school students attending school in Kanuma City, killing six children aged 9 to 11 at the time.
To prevent the weathering of this accident, police and others conducted watching activities on the school roads of 32 elementary and junior high schools in the prefecture on the morning of the 18th, of which about 50 people including police officers participated at the intersection near the accident site in Kanuma City. bottom.
Participants appealed to prevent accidents by guiding children to easily cross the pedestrian crossing and raising a plate calling for traffic safety to the driver.
According to the Tochigi Prefectural Police, 49 elementary school students who are walking to and from school have had a traffic accident in the prefecture for the past five years until last year.
"It's been 11 years since the crane accident, but I haven't forgotten that tragic accident. Children and students are prioritized on the school road, so I want the driver to drive safely," said Shosuke Watanabe, chief of the Kanuma Police Station. I did.