体調不良者に運転させ事故　容疑で運送会社元社長を書類送検―首都高６人死傷・警視庁

　昨年５月、首都高池袋線でトラックが渋滞の列に追突し６人が死傷した事故で、警視庁交通捜査課は９日、体調不良者に運転をさせたとして、業務上過失致死傷容疑で、運送会社「マルハリ」（札幌市）元社長の男（４８）＝北海道石狩市＝を書類送検した。
　元社長は当時、運行管理者を兼務。容疑を認め、「甚大な被害は起きないと安易に考えていた。売り上げを伸ばすのが一番の目的となっていた」と話しているという。同課は起訴を求める「厳重処分」の意見を付けた。
　送検容疑は昨年５月１４日午前、体調不良を訴えた運転手の降籏紗京被告（２９）＝過失運転致死傷罪で起訴＝が事故を起こす可能性を予見できたのに、乗務前点呼をしたり、代わりの運転手に運行させたりしなかった疑い。
　同課などによると、元社長は事故前日、降籏被告が体調を崩したと報告を受けたが、乗車前の点呼による健康状態の確認を怠っていた。（2025/04/09-11:55）

Japanese police Wednesday sent public prosecutors papers on a former president of transportation company Maruhari over a truck accident near Tokyo in 2024 that left six dead or injured.
   The 48-year-old man, who headed the company based in Sapporo, Hokkaido, is suspected of forcing an ill driver to drive the truck involved in the accident on the Metropolitan Expressway's Ikebukuro Line.
   At the time, the suspect was doubling as operations manager. According to investigative sources, he has admitted the allegations, saying that he thoughtlessly believed that no accident would happen and considered his primary goal as boosting sales.
   The Metropolitan Police Department sent the case to prosecutors, seeking indictment of the former president for professional negligence resulting in death.
   The former president is suspected of failing to take appropriate actions, such as confirming the health condition of the driver, Sakyo Furihata, 29, in a preduty roll call and replacing him with another driver, although the suspect could foresee the possibility of such an accident as Furihata had complained of feeling unwell the day before his accident.