Drunk driver in his 20s arrested in Changwon after 'thud' behind DUI checkpoint vehicle

A drunk driver who rear-ended a vehicle undergoing a DUI checkpoint was caught at the scene.

According to Changwon Seobu Police Station in Gyeongnam on the 16th, at around 12:10 a.m., a passenger car driven by a man in his 20s, A, rear-ended a passenger car driven by B in the first lane heading toward Myeonggok Square in front of Myeongseo Bridge on Woni-daero, Uichang-gu.

B had stopped to comply with the police's breathalyzer test.

The police are conducting a nighttime crackdown on drunk driving.
[Photo by Gyeongnam Police Agency]

The police conducting the DUI checkpoint immediately arrested A, whose blood alcohol concentration at the time was above 0.08%, the level for license cancellation.

The front and rear bumpers of the vehicles were damaged in the accident, but there were no casualties.

The police have booked A without detention on charges of drunk driving traffic accident and are conducting related investigations.

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