Active Police Officer Causes Hit-and-Run Accident with Stolen Car During Chuseok Holiday... Caught After One Month

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] A current police officer was caught after fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run accident with a stolen car.

According to the police on the 8th, the Mapo Police Station in Seoul booked A, a police officer in his 30s belonging to the Yeonsu Police Station in Incheon, on the 6th on charges including hit-and-run causing injury under the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, failure to take measures after an accident under the Road Traffic Act, and vehicle theft.

A is accused of stealing a parked car in Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, around midnight on the 9th of last month during the Chuseok holiday, driving it for about 10 minutes, and then hitting a taxi at the Hapjeong Station intersection before fleeing the scene. The taxi driver sustained minor injuries at the time.

After causing the accident, A reportedly abandoned the car and fled by taking a bus. The police identified A as the suspect through analysis of nearby closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and notified his affiliated police station. A is known to have been suspended from duty and placed on standby.

The police plan to summon A next week to investigate the specific circumstances of the incident.

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