'Incheon Elementary Student Death' Truck Driver Sent to Prosecution

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyungsoo Park] A cargo truck driver who fatally struck an elementary school student while making a right turn in a school zone in Incheon has been referred to the prosecution.

On the 30th, the Jungbu Police Station in Incheon sent Mr. A, a cargo truck driver in his 60s, to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment on charges of causing death in a school zone under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes.

Mr. A is accused of hitting and killing a 10-year-old elementary school student, B, who was crossing the crosswalk alone in front of an elementary school in Sinheung-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, at around 1:50 p.m. on the 18th, with a 25-ton cargo truck.

He is reported to have violated the Road Traffic Act regulation that requires drivers to "slow down along the right edge of the road in advance when making a right turn." The investigation found that he made an illegal right turn from the second lane, which is the straight lane among the three one-way lanes.

According to a detailed analysis by the Road Traffic Authority, Mr. A did not violate the speed limit or traffic signals.

Following residents' complaints expressing concerns about the recurrence of such accidents, the Incheon Police Agency held a Traffic Safety Facility Review Committee meeting and decided to lower the speed limit in the school zone to 30 km/h.

The police applied the so-called "Minsik Act," the charge of causing death in a school zone under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, to Mr. A.

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