Prosecutors have decided against filing charges against three Toyota officials under investigation on suspicion of avoiding recalls that may have led to an accident, a major Japanese business daily reported Tuesday.
Toyota Motor Corp. spokesman Paul Nolasco declined comment on The Nikkei report, saying the company had yet to be officially notified of any decision. Prosecutors in Kumamoto, in southern Japan where the accident occurred, also declined comment. Toyota has denied wrongdoing in the case.
The Nikkei reported without citing sources that investigators had decided it would be difficult to move ahead with professional negligence charges in the 2004 head-on crash.
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