Kirk here. There have been quite a few incidents reported in the media in recent years of accidents that occurring when elderly drivers accidentally step on the accelerator instead of the brake. That’s what seems to have happened at this hardware store (home center) in Yatsushiro.
https://www.tku.co.jp/news/?news_id=20211209-00000013
In connection with this incident I’ve made a separate post about a manufacturer in Tamana that has come up with a pedal that makes this kind of error virtually impossible: