Police Arrest USFK Member for Refusing Breathalyzer Test After Traffic Accident

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A member of the U.S. Forces Korea was arrested by the police after hitting a parked passenger car in Gangnam, Seoul, and refusing a breathalyzer test.

According to the police on the 20th, the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul apprehended Staff Sergeant A of the U.S. Air Force stationed in Korea on charges of violating the Road Traffic Act (refusal to take a breathalyzer test).

A is accused of hitting a parked Mercedes-Benz passenger car in an alley of Garosu-gil, Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, with his own passenger car around 8 p.m. the previous day and refusing to comply with the police's breathalyzer test.

After receiving a report from the owner of the damaged car, the police pursued A for about 300 meters before apprehending him. When he refused the breathalyzer test, he was arrested on the spot.

A police official stated, "A's custody was handed over to the U.S. military police."

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