A car crashed into a line of nursery school children taking a walk in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, and the police donated flowers on the 6th at the accident site before the accident that killed and injured 16 children in 8 days. Called for safe driving.
Three years ago, on May 8, 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 children who were taking a walk died, and 14 people including a nursery teacher died. I was seriously injured.
In this accident, the driver of a right-turning car was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison for negligent driving fatal injury and other charges for causing an accident while trying to turn without confirming safety.
About 20 people, including police officers, gathered at the scene on the 6th, 3 years before the accident on the 8th. I mourned.
After that, police officers with plates stating "Let's protect children" stood by the side of the road to raise awareness of safe driving.
Yasunori Tokita, chief of the Otsu police station, said, "Three years have passed since the tragic accident that occurred in the city, and we would like to continue our efforts to reduce traffic accidents together with the public and private sectors so that they will never be weathered."
According to a questionnaire conducted by NHK for all childcare facilities in Otsu City, many gardens are still walking with anxiety, and three years after the accident, the driver became aware of safe driving. It is requested again.
The father of a seriously injured girl "I want you to know about the accident"
At the time, the father of a girl who had been hospitalized for two and a half months due to a serious injury that broke her pelvis at the age of three did not want to weather the accident, so she responded to a remote interview.
She said about her daughter, who was 6 years old, she said, "I'm not worried about her sequelae so far, but I'll have to go to the hospital regularly for about 10 years, and my left leg has broken after strenuous exercise. Can hurt. "
And about three years after the accident, "I think that my memory will fade as time goes by, but I think that just knowing this accident will prevent the accident, so I know as many drivers as possible. I think that accidents can be prevented with just a little care, so please be aware that no one knows what will lead to an accident, and try to drive safely. " He appealed for raising awareness of safe driving.