Drunk Mercedes Driver Who Hit Early Morning Worker Sentenced to 7 Years, Appeals

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A driver who was sentenced to seven years in prison in the first trial for fatally hitting a worker at a construction site while driving a Mercedes-Benz vehicle in a state of severe intoxication late at night has filed an appeal.

According to the legal community on the 17th, the defendant Kwon (30) submitted an appeal to the Criminal Division 7 of the Seoul Eastern District Court. Kwon was indicted on charges including violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (dangerous driving causing death) and was sentenced to seven years in prison in the first trial on the 12th. The prosecution had requested a 12-year prison sentence for Kwon at the sentencing hearing in September.

Kwon is accused of hitting and killing Mr. A (60), who was dismantling the subway soundproof wall, with his Mercedes-Benz passenger car on a road near Ttukseom Station in Seongdong-gu around 2 a.m. on May 24.

At the time of the accident, Kwon was driving at a speed of 148 km/h, and his blood alcohol concentration was 0.188%, which is at the level of license cancellation.

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