Overview
- Shizuoka prosecutors on Monday requested summary proceedings over an injury linked to Hirosue's negligent driving.
- The indictment says she was traveling about 185 km/h when she rear-ended a trailer on the Shin-Tomei Expressway around 6:45 p.m. on April 7 in Shizuoka Prefecture.
- A male passenger in her vehicle sustained a fracture, and the truck driver was uninjured, according to prosecutors.
- Authorities declined to bring charges over an allegation that she kicked a nurse during hospital treatment following the crash.
- Investigators reported she cooperated, including a July scene reconstruction in Hamamatsu, and noted that summary indictment procedures allow fines to be imposed without a formal trial.