Police Arrest Driver Who Fled After Fatal Hit-and-Run Accident in Gangnam

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A man in his 40s who hit a pedestrian with his car while driving, causing the pedestrian's death, and then fled the scene has been arrested by the police.

The Gangnam Police Station in Seoul announced on the 7th that they have arrested Lee (40) on charges of hit-and-run causing death under the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes and are currently investigating him.

Lee is accused of hitting an elderly woman in her 80s, Ms. A, who was standing in the lower lane on a road near Cheongdam Station in Gangnam-gu around midnight that day, and then fleeing the scene in his passenger car.

Ms. A was transported to the hospital after receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from paramedics who responded to a witness's report, but she passed away. The police identified the vehicle and its owner involved in the accident based on nearby closed-circuit television (CCTV) and black box footage, and at around 4 a.m. that day, they urgently arrested Lee, who was hiding at his residence in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province.

Lee's blood alcohol concentration measured after his arrest was 0.066%. The police believe Lee was intoxicated at the time of the accident and plan to use the Widmark formula to retrospectively estimate his blood alcohol concentration. The Widmark formula is an investigative technique that estimates blood alcohol concentration over time by considering factors such as alcohol concentration, amount consumed, body weight, and gender.

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