
三重県亀山市の新名神高速道路で発生した追突事故により6人が死亡した事件で、津地方裁判所はスマホを見ながら運転していた元トラック運転手の水谷水都代被告(55)に対し、求刑通り懲役7年の実刑判決を言い渡した。事故当時、被告はTikTokの動画を見ながら時速約82キロで走行していたと認定された。また、違法残業を指摘された運送会社社長が書類送検されている。
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新名神高速道路での追突事故により、子ども3人を含む6人が死亡。被告は事故当時、スマホでTikTokの動画を見ながら運転していたとされ、ながら運転の常習性も指摘された。
三重県亀山市の新名神高速道路で3月、大型トラックで乗用車に追突し、子ども3人を含む6人を死亡させたとして、自動車運転処罰法違反(過失運転致死)罪に問われた元トラック運転手水谷水都代被告(55)の判決が20日、津地裁であり、出口博章裁判官は求刑通り拘禁刑7年を言い渡した。
新名神6人死亡の被告ら違法残業か 運送会社社長を書類送検―広島中央労基署
検察側はこれまでの公判で、水谷被告が事故当時、約13秒間にわたってスマートフォンで短編動画投稿アプリ「TikTok(ティックトック)」の動画を見ながら運転していたと指摘。スマホを見ながら運転する「ながら運転」を常習的に行っていたことも挙げ、「予防の観点からも厳重に処罰する必要性が高い」として法定刑の上限を求刑した。
事故を巡っては、水谷被告らトラック運転手5人に違法な残業をさせたとして、広島市の運送会社と社長が今月7日、労働基準法違反容疑で書類送検されている。
判決によると、被告は3月20日未明、亀山市内の新名神高速でスマホを見ながら制限速度を超える時速約82キロでトラックを運転。渋滞の車列に追突し、埼玉県草加市の団体職員高峰啓三さん=当時(56)=と、静岡県袋井市の会社員松本幸司さん=同(45)=一家5人の計6人を死亡させた。
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
運送会社社長に対する労働基準法違反の刑事裁判が開始される
Likely · Within months
ながら運転を禁止する道路交通法の改正議論が活発化する
Possible · Within months

The Tsu District Court sentenced Mizutoyo Mizutani, a former truck driver, to seven years in prison, as requested, in a trial for violating the Motor Vehicle Driving Punishment Act when he rear-ended a passenger car with a large truck on the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture, killing six people, including three children, in March.

The 8th trial of Daisuke Tabuchi, who was charged with assaulting and abusing a special public servant for saying things like ``I don't care for the prosecution'' during an interrogation by the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department, was held at the Osaka District Court.When asked about the defendant, Tabuchi explained, ``I thought he was a person who could resonate with people if he spoke strongly and with emotion.''

Former truck driver Mizutoyo Mizutani (55), who was driving while looking at his smartphone in a rear-end collision that occurred on the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture, in March, was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Tsu District Court for violating the Motor Vehicle Driving Punishment Act (culpable driving causing death). Six people, including three children, died in the accident, and the president of the transportation company was referred to prosecutors for violating the Labor Standards Act.

The Tsu District Court sentenced Mizutoyo Mizutani (55), a former truck driver who was driving while staring at his smartphone, to seven years in prison, as requested by prosecutors, in a multiple accident that killed six people on the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture in March 2024. A total of six people died in the accident, including five members of Matsumoto's family and Keizo Takamine.

The 7th trial of Daisuke Tabuchi (54), who was accused of assaulting and assaulting a special public servant during an interrogation by the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department, was held on the 19th, after he was accused of assaulting and assaulting a special public servant.During questioning, the defendant once again denied any charges of assault, saying that he was trying to carry out his duties as a public prosecutor.

Daisuke Tabuchi (54), a prosecutor at the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office who was charged with assaulting and abusing a special public servant at the Osaka District Court, responded to his first questioning of the defendant and explained that during the interrogation in December 2019, he banged the desk and yelled, ``I'm sorry for the prosecution,'' because he was troubled by the suspect's attitude and didn't want his questions to be taken lightly.