Overview
- Officers searched Daishintō’s Jonan sales office in Chuo Ward on suspicion of negligent driving causing death or injury and seized rosters, attendance logs and related ledgers.
- Forensic analysis indicates the accelerator was engaged about 10 seconds before impact, the car was traveling around 130 km/h at collision, and no brakes were applied for roughly 30 seconds after departure.
- The 69-year-old driver remains hospitalized and has told others he has no memory of the moments before or after the Jan. 22 crash that killed a taxi passenger and left others injured.
- Investigators are reviewing records showing the driver averaged more than 50 hours of monthly overtime from April to December, examining whether work conditions or management practices played a role.
- Daishintō says it will fully cooperate, citing daily pre-shift health checks, alcohol screening and temperature measurements; the firm dispatches 74 drivers for the Cabinet Office’s 77 official vehicles.