Woman dies after being run over by truck driven by boyfriend in Aichi

The man is lucky to have witnesses. If not for them, the police would have squeezed a vehicular homicide confession out of him.

Very sorry for the woman. Sounds like she lost all reason in the argument. There are times when you have to let people drive away, call a cab, and sleep in a hotel till you can get a bus or a train home. But after a fight, people get fixated on the fact that their ride is leaving. --Cirroc

I think the killing was unintentional. This is not the first time I've heard of such story. It also happened some time ago.

If this happened as witnesses say it did, can the guy really be charged with a crime. It is the woman who hung onto the door handle, then fell beneath the wheels. I suppose you can make a case saying he shouldn't have started the truck knowing she was clinging to the door handle.

its not his fault. if she is mad enough to cling onto the door of a moving truck, she deserves her fate. he did not run her down. he did the right thing. just tried to get away before things got crazy.

But, as the driver, he should have stopped as soon as he realized she wouldn't let go. I watched a couple having a fight in the states a while ago. The guy tried to leave (reasonable action to take before things get ugly). The woman jumped onto the hood of the car as he tried to drive away.

But, as the driver, he should have stopped as soon as he realized she wouldn't let go.

its a truck, not a car. he may not have even saw her.

still his responsibility to check that it is safe to drive.

Yes, as a driver vs a pedestrian, you carry more responsibility no matter what.

all she had to do was let go

Driver responsibility becomes moot when a pedestrian carries out such a stupid act. You wouldn't hold a driver responsible if a person decided to throw himself/herself into the middle of a busy road. Recent example of this was the two idiot Swedes who decided to run onto a motorway in the UK.

I agree, its still his responsibility. If she won't let go, you can't endanger her just because of her stupidity. And driving a truck, he can perfectly see what happens. It does sound like an accident, but hes lucky hes not being charged with more.

Nonesense, he may have been just as upset as she was so he may have climbed into the truck, turned on the vehicle, and driven off without realizing she was attached to the truck. I would say it is an accident. Doesn't sound like he meant to kill her.

****Not unusual. Sometime back a woman her in the states ran over her husband 3 or 4 times; even backed over him once. She weanted him dead. She was stressed out so he got pressed out.

Most people in a rage don't consider consequences. And the enraged killer certainly doesn't consider the killee's feelings.

In the states there is a long list of possible charges for an incident like this, but Japan has her own laws. Anyway, what a waste of life.

Sounds like an accident. Only the witnesse's testimony can clear this man.

Love is a killer

Yeah, love hurts.

Don't think he meant to run her over, that's partially her fault for grabbing the door while the truck was in motion.

still his responsibility to check that it is safe to drive.

So he gets out of the truck and walks around it to make sure no one is hanging on the door handle. He climbs into the driver's seat, and then realizes there was enough time walking around that someone might be under the truck by now. So he gets out and looks under the truck. Gets back in the cabin, and realizes there was enough time that some fool might be hanging on the door handle. Repeat.

Fact: It is never actually safe to drive. A whole bunch of unexpected stuff can happen.

Driving a vehicle safely requires more focus, concentration and input than a human being actually possesses. On the other hand, refraining from grabbing the door handle and hanging on when a vehicle is either moving or about to is relatively very very simple.

*You wouldn't hold a driver responsible if a person decided to throw himself/herself into the middle of a busy road. No matter how unbelievably stupid a pedestrian may be, the driver will ALWAYS be held responsible. Hence the strong desire to flee the scene of an accident. Even if you know it's not your fault. And as for the witnesses? I wouldn't put to much confidence in them being an advantage to this guys situation.

S

The lesson here is, do not jump onto a moving truck driven by an angry boyfriend. Otherwise, it may be o.k.

they have been getting pretty dramatic n graphic in public as the years go by. Last week a girl put her head (Kobe) on the train track and I guess the head lobbed onto the platform. Guess she had one of those mushy fights you see as stated above...

Yeah this news is tragic.

That's not fun.

Incorrect. Point in case, the two Swedes in the UK.

In Japan, the driver tends to be held responsible for more than he or she is responsible for.