A 20-Year-Old Motorcycle Rider Dies After Drunk Person Throws Stone onto Road

Drunk Person Uproots Tree Boundary Stone Without Reason and Throws It onto the Road

A man in his 20s riding a motorcycle died after tripping over a stone thrown onto the road by a drunk person.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Seul-gi] A man in his 20s who was delivering by motorcycle died after tripping over a tree boundary stone thrown onto the road by a drunk person.

The Daejeon Dunsan Police Station announced on the 17th that they arrested a man in his 50s, Mr. A, on charges of causing death by injury for throwing a tree boundary stone onto the road and causing the motorcycle driver to die, and have applied for an arrest warrant.

Mr. A, at around 1 a.m. on the 6th, while passing a sidewalk in Wolpyeong-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon, for no reason pulled out a tree boundary stone measuring 44 cm in length and 12 cm in height and threw it onto the four-lane road.

At the time, Mr. B, who was delivering food, could not avoid the boundary stone and tripped over it. Mr. B was transported to the hospital by 119 paramedics but eventually died. Mr. B was known as a young owner running a snack bar.

The police confirmed through closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage that Mr. A threw the boundary stone toward the road just before the accident. In the police investigation, Mr. A reportedly stated, "I was drunk at the time and did not realize an accident had occurred."

The police are investigating the specific circumstances of the accident based on CCTV around the accident site and Mr. A's statements.

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