TOKYO (AP) - Two former officials at Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors pleaded innocent Thursday to professional negligence in a fatal accident in which a wheel flew off a truck and crushed a pedestrian.
Hiroshi Murakawa, 58, a former manager in the quality control section of the Tokyo-based automaker, and Hirotoshi Miki, 56, an employee with Mitsubishi's truck unit, entered the pleas as their trial opened at Yokohama District Court, a member of their legal team said.
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