40s Woman Who Caused Drunk Driving Accident and Gave 'Younger Sibling's Personal Information'... Suspended Sentence

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Soyoung] A woman in her 40s who drove a car while heavily intoxicated, crashed into a taxi, and gave the police her younger brother's personal information was sentenced to probation.

On the 26th, according to the court, Judge Jung Wooyoung of the Incheon District Court Criminal Division 21 sentenced Ms. A to 1 year and 6 months in prison with 3 years of probation for violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (dangerous driving causing injury), the Road Traffic Act (drunk driving), forgery of private documents, and use of forged private documents. She was also ordered to perform 160 hours of community service.

The court explained the sentencing by stating, "The sentence was determined after considering the reasons for sentencing for each offense."

Ms. A was indicted on charges of driving a BMW passenger car while intoxicated at around 2:44 a.m. on October 18 last year at a three-way intersection in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, and crashing into a taxi driven by Mr. B (60), causing injuries requiring two weeks of treatment.

At the time of the accident, Ms. A's blood alcohol concentration was confirmed to be 0.127%, which is above the license cancellation threshold (0.08% or higher).

Ms. A is also accused of impersonating her younger brother by giving his personal information instead of presenting her own driver's license when police officers who arrived at the scene requested to see her license during a drunk driving crackdown.

Even while attending an investigation at the Traffic Investigation Division of the Yeonsu Police Station in Incheon at 3:55 p.m. on October 29, 11 days after the accident, Ms. A continued to impersonate her brother by signing the investigation report with her brother's name in her own handwriting.

It was investigated that Ms. A, fearing she would not receive insurance money after the accident report, disguised herself as her brother to file the accident report and attempted to receive 2 million KRW from the insurance company along with about 1.6 million KRW for vehicle repair costs.

Meanwhile, Ms. A had previously received a summary order fine of 1 million KRW for drunk driving in 2011.

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