犠牲者９人の冥福祈る　遺族ら「伝え続ける」―笹子トンネル事故１０年・山梨

　中央自動車道笹子トンネル（山梨県）で天井板が崩落し男女９人が死亡した事故は２日、発生から１０年を迎えた。遺族らは発生時刻の午前８時３分に合わせて現場近くで黙とうをささげ、犠牲者の冥福を祈った。
　同県大月市の中央道下り線初狩パーキングエリア（ＰＡ）では、トンネルを管理する中日本高速道路（名古屋市）主催の追悼慰霊式が開かれ、遺族や同社幹部ら約６０人が参列した。
　同社の小室俊二社長は「事故後に入社した社員が３割を超えた。教訓を次の世代に伝え高速道路の安全性向上という永遠の課題に全力で取り組む」と語った。
　亡くなった石川友梨さん＝当時（２８）＝の父信一さん（７３）は「いまだに信じられない。娘たちの命が奪われた原因を知りたい」と小室社長らに訴えた。
　息子の森重之さん＝同（２７）＝を失った父和之さん（７１）は「不条理な事故が繰り返される原因の一つは忘れてしまうこと。伝え続けていくしかない」と力を込めた。（2022/12/02-15:04）

Nine people who died in a tunnel ceiling collapse on the Chuo Expressway in central Japan were remembered Friday, marking the 10th anniversary of the accident.
   At 8:03 a.m. (11:03 p.m. Thursday GMT), the time when the accident happened Dec. 2, 2012, bereaved family members and others offered silent prayers near the tunnel in Yamanashi Prefecture.
   Central Nippon Expressway Co., or Nexco Central, which manages the tunnel, held a memorial ceremony at the Hatsukari rest area on the expressway in the Yamanashi city of Otsuki, attended by some 60 people including bereaved family members and Nexco Central executives.
   Nexco Central will pass on the lessons from the accident to coming generations and do the utmost to improve the safety of expressways, President Toshiji Komuro said, noting that the share of employees who joined the company after the accident has exceeded 30 pct.
   Shinichi Ishikawa, 73, said he still cannot believe that he lost his 28-year-old daughter, Yuri. "I want to know the causes of the deaths of my daughter and the other victims," he added.