In November last year, a festival float overturned in Izunokuni City, Shizuoka Prefecture, killing one person and injuring 13 others. Police accused the person in charge of operating the float of neglecting safety measures when descending the hill. Two festival organizers have been referred to prosecutors on suspicion of causing death or injury due to professional negligence.
Last November, a float being displayed at a shrine festival in Takyo, Izunokuni City, overturned on a downhill slope, killing Yuki Sato (72 years old at the time) who was pulling it with a rope, and 13 other people were seriously injured.
Normally, the float would stop just before going downhill, then loop the rope in front of it behind the float and pull it backwards down the hill, but according to the police, at the time, the float was stopped just before going downhill. It was confirmed that the vehicle did not stop and continued down the slope.
On the 22nd, police sent the 39-year-old float operator and the 70-year-old festival organizer to court on suspicion of causing death or injury due to professional negligence for neglecting safety measures when descending the slope. Did.
According to police, the two admitted that they failed to take appropriate instructions and measures.
This event was held for the first time in four years due to the new coronavirus, and some people in the local community said that this may have been due to a decrease in the number of experienced participants.