'Drunk Driving While Intoxicated' Miss Korea Seo Ye-jin Summarily Indicted with a 7 Million Won Fine

Hit Two Rows of Trees Twice
License Cancellation Level at the Time of the Accident

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] The prosecution has summarily indicted Miss Korea Seo Yejin (25) for driving under the influence and crashing into roadside trees.

According to the legal community on the 25th, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Deputy Chief Prosecutor's Division (Chief Prosecutor Jeong Jaehoon) filed a summary indictment against Seo on the 24th, applying charges of drunk driving (violation of the Road Traffic Act) and requesting a fine of 7 million won. A summary indictment is a procedure in which the prosecution requests a fine without sending the suspect to a formal trial, through written examination, etc.

Seo is accused of driving her Mercedes-Benz while intoxicated and hitting roadside trees twice in a row on Yangjaecheon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, at around 12:15 a.m. on the 28th of last month. At that time, Seo's blood alcohol concentration was reported to exceed 0.08%, the level for license cancellation. Accordingly, the Seoul Suseo Police Station booked Seo on the 29th on charges of drunk driving under the Road Traffic Act and investigated her.

In footage from the time of the accident, Seo raised her voice to the police asking if she was hurt, saying, "XX it hurts, right?"

Seo was selected as the runner-up (Seon) in the 2018 Miss Korea pageant and worked as a reporter for a broadcast program in the same year.

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