Decision on Detention Today for 30-Year-Old Taxi Driver Who Blocked Ambulance

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A taxi driver in his 30s, suspected of blocking an ambulance transporting an emergency patient to a hospital and causing the patient's death, is at a crossroads regarding detention.

At around 10:30 a.m. on the 24th, Kwon Deok-jin, the judge in charge of warrants at the Seoul Eastern District Court, will conduct a pre-arrest detention hearing (warrant substantive examination) for Choi Mo (31), who is accused of special assault (intentional accident) and obstruction of business.

Earlier, on the 21st, the Gangdong Police Station in Seoul applied for an arrest warrant, stating that "the matter is serious and there is a risk of flight."

Choi is suspected of blocking the road for about 10 minutes, demanding "handle the accident first," after a minor collision with an ambulance on a road near Godeok Station on Subway Line 5 in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 8th of last month.

Choi is accused of blocking the road for about 10 minutes, demanding accident handling after a minor collision with an ambulance near Godeok Station on Subway Line 5 in Gangdong-gu on the afternoon of the 8th of last month. The ambulance was carrying a 79-year-old patient with stage 4 lung cancer who was experiencing breathing difficulties. The patient was transferred to a hospital by another ambulance but ultimately passed away around 9 p.m. that day. At the time of the accident, Choi was understood to have been employed as a taxi driver at a taxi company in Gangdong-gu for about three weeks and resigned on the 22nd of last month, two weeks after the accident.

The police have initially booked Choi on charges of obstruction of business and are also investigating whether charges such as murder by implied intent can be applied.

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