Prosecutors on Tuesday indicted a man on charges of dangerous driving resulting in death or injury in connection with a June highway accident that killed a married couple.
Kazuho Ishibashi, a 25-year-old construction worker from Fukuoka, was arrested by police on charges including negligence resulting in death or injury, but prosecutors applied a stricter charge of dangerous driving saying there was a clear causal relationship between the accident and his driving in a reckless manner.
Yoshihisa Hagiyama, 45, and his wife Yuka, 39, died on the Tomei Expressway in Kanagawa Prefecture on June 5 after Ishibashi allegedly blocked a lane of the road by suddenly stopping his car in front of couple's vehicle, which was then hit from behind by a truck.