
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人を死亡させた自動車運転処罰法違反罪の裁判で、津地裁は元トラック運転手の水谷水都代被告に求刑通り拘禁刑7年を言い渡した。
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三重県亀山市の新名神高速道路で3月20日未明、大型トラックが渋滞の車列に追突し、子ども3人を含む6人が死亡した。
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、津地裁であった。出口博章裁判官は「過去の過失運転致死事案と比較しても最も重い部類」として、求刑通り拘禁刑7年を言い渡した。
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出口裁判官は、被告が高速道路を運転中にスマートフォンで見ていた動画を保存撮影するため十数秒間スマホを見ながら運転し、安全確認を怠ったと指摘。「運転者の責任や事故の危険を顧みない誠に軽率な運転だ。過失は重大で、厳しい非難に値する」と指弾した。
その上で、「被害者には何の落ち度もなく、結果はあまりにも痛ましく重大だ。将来ある人生を理不尽に断ち切られた被害者らの苦痛、無念は察するに余りある」と述べ、「反省の態度を示していることなど被告に有利な情状を十分考慮しても、法定刑の上限で臨むのが相当」と結論付けた。
判決によると、水谷被告は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)=一家五人の計6人を死亡させた。

Family members held a press conference in Tsu City on the 20th after a former truck driver was sentenced to seven years in prison for an accident that killed six people on the Shin-Meishin Expressway. He appealed for revisions to the Driving Penalty Act, calling it "too lenient."

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 looking at his smartphone, to seven years in prison, as requested, in connection with a rear-end collision that occurred on the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture, which killed six people. It was determined that at the time of the accident, the defendant was driving at approximately 82 km/h while watching a TikTok video. Additionally, the president of a transportation company who was found to be working illegal overtime has been referred to prosecutors.

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.