Tunnel 'Drunk Wrong-Way Driving' Causes Death of 20s Commuter... Bereaved Family Demands "Severe Punishment"

Driving Backwards in a Tunnel at 166 km/h
Collides with Two Oncoming Passenger Cars

In the early morning of the 15th, a vehicle driving in the wrong direction in Yangjeong Tunnel, Geoje, Gyeongnam, collided with an oncoming vehicle. / Photo by Yonhap News, YouTube capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Ju-hyung] A tragic accident occurred in a tunnel in Geoje, Gyeongnam, where a driver driving in the wrong direction while intoxicated collided with an oncoming vehicle, resulting in the death of a woman in her 20s. The bereaved family strongly urged, "We petition for severe punishment for the perpetrator who drove in the wrong direction under the influence of alcohol."

On the 25th, a post titled "We petition for strong punishment for the Geoje drunk wrong-way driver" was uploaded on the Blue House National Petition Board.

The petitioner, A, who identified herself as the cousin of the victim, said, "My cousin, who passed away, quit her job due to the COVID-19 pandemic and came down to her hometown Geoje to help her mother's store," adding, "Although she was blunt, she was kind enough not to get angry even when teased or played pranks on severely."

She continued, "On the day of the incident, she was returning home with her mother after closing a beer store around 1 a.m.," and explained, "My cousin was in her father's car, and my aunt was in another vehicle when the perpetrator's car collided head-on with my cousin's car and then hit my aunt's car in a secondary collision, injuring my aunt."

She said that the bereaved family has been suffering emotionally since the accident, reporting, "Because of the death of her daughter, my aunt blames herself, saying, 'If I had gone first, my daughter would have lived,' and 'I should have gone first.'"

The family of a woman in her 20s who died in an accident has posted a petition on the Blue House National Petition Board urging strict punishment for the perpetrator. / Photo by Blue House National Petition Board capture

Regarding this, A said, "All family members hope not to forgive or provide any relief to the perpetrator," and urged, "I am posting this petition for truly strong punishment against the perpetrator."

Meanwhile, the incident occurred around 1:45 a.m. on the 15th in the Yangjeong Tunnel in Geoje. According to the police, the perpetrator, B, in his 30s, was driving in the wrong direction while intoxicated and collided with two passenger cars driving normally in succession. The mother and daughter in the two victim vehicles were returning home after closing their store. The daughter died in the accident, and the mother was seriously injured.

At the time of the accident, B's blood alcohol concentration was found to be above 0.08%, the level for license cancellation. B's vehicle speed reached 166 km/h. The speed limit in the tunnel where the incident occurred was 70 km/h, meaning B was driving at more than twice the speed limit.

The police are reviewing the application for an arrest warrant for B on charges including drunk driving and wrong-way driving.

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