Last year, a 19-year-old office worker who drove a car at a tremendous speed of 194 kilometers on a prefectural road in Oita City and caused a fatal accident was indicted for negligent driving resulting in death. has submitted nearly 22,000 signatures to the prosecutor's office asking them to switch to the heavy sentence of dangerous driving causing death.
In February of last year, a 19-year-old office worker was driving at a speed of 194 kilometers per hour at an intersection on a prefectural road in Oita City, causing a car-to-car collision. ) passed away.
The office worker was sent to the prosecutor's office on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, but in July this year, the Oita District Public Prosecutor's Office indicted him for causing death by negligent driving with a light sentence, saying that he was able to control the car by driving straight until it collided. did.
On the other hand, Mr. Koyanagi's bereaved family and others were not convinced, and they were conducting signature activities to request that the crime be changed to dangerous driving lethal.
And on the 11th, I submitted to the prosecutor the signatures of 22,141 people gathered in about a month.
According to the bereaved family, the prosecutor who received the signature said, "I can't answer the investigation status, but I'm considering whether to change it to dangerous driving causing death."
Mr. Koyanagi's older sister said, "I am grateful that many people from all over the country have signed the petition. I would like to continue my activities, only asking for a change to the charge of causing death by dangerous driving."