Police Apply 'Yoon Chang-ho Act' to Office Worker Who Caused Death of Foreign Worker While Driving Drunk

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] The Yeongam Police Station in Jeonnam announced on the 11th that they have booked a man in his 40s, office worker A, on charges of dangerous driving causing death under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes.

A is accused of driving under the influence on the road within the Daebul National Industrial Complex in Samho-eup, Yeongam-gun, at around 9:10 p.m. on the 8th, and hitting a motorcycle ahead, causing the death of a Cambodian migrant worker in his 40s.

The police confirmed that A was driving in a state of extreme intoxication and hit the foreign worker, causing his death. Since A was driving a vehicle at a level warranting license cancellation at the time of the accident, the so-called ‘Yoon Chang-ho Act’ was applied.

It was investigated that A had consumed alcohol at a company dinner gathering.

The police plan to determine the direction of A’s legal processing after investigating the details of the accident.

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