30s Woman Driving Drunk at Dawn... Hits and Kills 60s Worker

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A woman in her 30s driving a Mercedes-Benz vehicle while intoxicated hit and killed a construction worker in his 60s, and was arrested by the police.

The Seongdong Police Station in Seoul announced on the 24th that they arrested driver A (31) on the spot on charges of causing the death of a worker due to drunk driving.

A is accused of hitting B (61), who was working on dismantling a concrete soundproof wall for Line 2 on the road in front of an LPG charging station in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, around 2 a.m. that day, resulting in B's death. At the time of the accident, A was in a state of intoxication with a blood alcohol concentration at the level of license cancellation and was also reported to have violated a traffic signal.

Afterwards, A collided with the anti-toppling support of a crane, and a fire broke out in the vehicle. The fire was extinguished 12 minutes after the fire department arrived, but the vehicle was completely burned.

The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident.

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