Car Owner Who Hit 15 Vehicles and Disappeared... Appears in a Day Saying "I Will Cooperate with the Investigation"

Police Plan to Check for Alcohol Consumption and Other Factors

On the 29th, the owner of a vehicle in his 50s, who hit 15 cars in succession in the underground parking lot of an apartment in Daegu and then disappeared, expressed his intention to cooperate with the police investigation on the second day after the accident.

The Daegu Northern Police Station announced on the morning of the 30th that they had made contact with the vehicle owner, Mr. A. Mr. A's police interrogation is scheduled to take place on the 1st of next month.

The police plan to investigate the exact circumstances of the accident and whether Mr. A was under the influence of alcohol. Since Mr. A disappeared on the day of the accident, the police were unable to confirm his intoxication status.

On the 29th, cars were parked damaged in the underground parking lot of an apartment in Buk-gu, Daegu. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Mr. A is known to be a resident of the apartment where the accident occurred. CCTV footage from the underground parking lot at the time of the accident captured Mr. A inspecting the damaged vehicles.

According to the police, Mr. A also reportedly communicated through the apartment management office his intention to handle insurance claims with the owners of the damaged vehicles.

Earlier, at around 12:10 a.m. the previous day, the apartment management office reported to the police that "someone hit cars and fled." The police confirmed that 15 parked vehicles were damaged at the scene.

At that time, the police had already identified Mr. A as the suspect, but he disappeared without responding to the police's contact attempts.

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