Drunk Driving Crash by Man in His 30s: "Please Sit in the Driver's Seat Instead"

Suspicion of Attempted Driver Switch

A man in his 30s was booked by the police for causing a collision while driving under the influence and then attempting to cover up the DUI by switching drivers.

According to Yonhap News on the 18th, the Wonju Police Station in Gangwon Province has booked A (31) without detention on charges including drunk driving under the Road Traffic Act and is currently investigating him.

A is accused of driving an XM3 passenger car in a state of severe intoxication with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.11% around 11:55 p.m. the previous day, when he collided with a parked Carnival passenger car in front of an intersection in Dangu-dong, Wonju City.

After the accident, A is also suspected of attempting to conceal the crime by asking passenger B to sit in the driver's seat to hide the fact that he was driving under the influence.

The police discovered evidence of the 'driver switching' during the investigation by reviewing the black box footage from A's vehicle.

The police are conducting further investigations on A and are also investigating passenger B, who was sitting in the driver's seat at A's request, to clarify the exact circumstances of the accident.

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