20s Arrested by Police for Hit-and-Run After Drunk Driving on Sunday Morning

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] The police have arrested a man in his 20s who hit a road cleaner while driving under the influence and fled the scene.

According to the police on the 26th, the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul has booked A (29) on charges of dangerous driving causing injury and hit-and-run under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes and is conducting an investigation.

At around 8:20 a.m. that day, A was driving under the influence in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, when he hit B (64), a gas station employee who was cleaning, and fled the scene. B was taken to a nearby hospital and is fortunately reported to be out of life-threatening danger.

A then fled for about 10 minutes, crossed the Yeongdong Bridge over the Han River, and collided with a car ahead. A patrol car from the Cheongdam Police Box, which was waiting nearby to track him, immediately arrested A. A police official stated, "The blood alcohol concentration test showed that A was in a state of severe intoxication with a BAC of 0.186%."

The police will decide whether to apply for an arrest warrant for A after investigating the exact circumstances of the incident.

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