{
  "id": 15710497,
  "title": "Ex-Truck Driver Sentenced to 7 Years for Fatal Expressway Crash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/ex-truck-driver-sentenced-to-7-years-for-fatal-expressway-crash",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T05:19:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026102000132/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tsu, Mie Pref., Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--Tsu District Court on Tuesday sentenced a former truck driver to seven years in prison for an expressway crash that killed six people, including three children, in Mie Prefecture, western Japan, in March. The seven-year sentence for Mitsuyo Mizutani, 55, came as requested by the prosecution. According to the ruling, Mizutani was driving a truck at abou...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}