浜松はままつ 小学生しょうがくせい死傷ししょう事故じこ 運転うんてん手しゅが遺族いぞくに謝罪しゃざい “一生いっしょうかけて償つぐなう”

In March of this year, in Hamamatsu City, a light truck crashed into a line of elementary school students on bicycles, resulting in four children being killed or injured. The 78-year-old driver of the light truck responded to an interview and said on the night of the 4th that he had apologized to the bereaved families, stating, I will spend the rest of my life deeply reflecting and atoning for what I have done.

In March of this year, in Hamamatsu Citys Chuo Ward, a light truck crashed into a line of four elementary school students on bicycles. Kotoharu Ishikawa 8 was killed, her older sister was left in a critical condition and temporarily unconscious, and another sister was also injured.

The 78-year-old driver of the mini truck who was arrested in connection with this accident has been released without being formally charged, and the investigation is continuing while he remains at home.

The driver responded to interviews from various news outlets on the 5th, revealing that he visited the home of the late Kotoyo on the night of the 4th to apologize to the bereaved family, saying, I feel truly sorry.

I will spend my whole life atoning for this, reflecting deeply on my actions, he said.

Regarding the situation at the time of the accident: I have no recollection of an elementary school student running in front of me.

I think I lost consciousness about two or three seconds before the collision, he said, explaining that he regained consciousness after the crash, immediately got out of the car, and helped with the rescue along with people nearby.

And to Kotoharu-san, he said, I am filled with an indescribable sense of remorse for having caused the loss of a precious life due to my careless driving.

A few weeks before causing the accident, the driver had also temporarily lost consciousness while driving and crashed into a tree. As a result, he has stated that he will never drive a car again.

This time, regarding responding to the interview, he said, I thought it was important to come out in public, fully reflect on what I have done, and make amends.

On the other hand, Kotoyos father said, He came to apologize, but it felt like he was treating it as someone elses problem, so I thought he wasnt really remorseful.

I cannot accept the apology, he said.