Driving a Car into a Store in Broad Daylight, Then Saying This 6 Hours Later...

Crashed Into Curb, Crossed Center Line, and Plowed Into Storefront
Police Book Driver on Charges of Careless Driving

A vehicle driven by a driver in their 20s crashed into a battery sales store that was open for business. Absurdly, the offending driver left the scene immediately after the accident and reappeared six hours later, explaining that he "fell asleep." On the 16th, JTBC's 'Incident Room' introduced the bizarre accident recently experienced by store owner A, who operates a battery sales shop in Cheongju, Chungbuk. The accident occurred on the 11th.

A vehicle driven by a driver in their 20s crashed into a vehicle battery store that was open for business. Absurdly, the offending driver left the scene immediately after the accident and reappeared six hours later, explaining that they had "fallen asleep." JTBC 'Sageonbanjang'

At the time, a passenger car driven by a man in his 20s, Mr. B, crashed into A's store. CCTV footage of the accident shows that the car driven by Mr. B hit the road curb, crossed the center line, and rushed into the opposite side of the shopping area. Fortunately, no one was injured, but the store's glass windows and doors were broken, and internal work machinery was damaged. Immediately after the accident, Mr. B moved the vehicle to the roadside, got out of the passenger seat, called the victimized store owner, and said, "I will go home and come back," then disappeared. According to the victim, Mr. B appeared six hours after the accident and explained that he "fell asleep."

However, Mr. A said, "I heard that the police visited Mr. B's house right after the accident, but no one was there." The police who responded to the report conducted a breathalyzer test on Mr. B and confirmed that he was not intoxicated. Mr. A lamented, "Mr. B is not answering my calls or the insurance company's calls, so the compensation process is not proceeding properly," adding, "Winter is the busiest season, but I am unable to operate properly." The police have booked driver Mr. B on charges of careless driving. Netizens who watched the broadcast reacted with comments such as, "If you leave the scene after an accident, you should be punished as if it were drunk driving or a more serious offense," "Did he drink during the day and run away right after the accident?" and "Somehow, this reminds me of that singer."

At the time, a passenger car driven by Mr. B, a man in his 20s, crashed into Mr. A's sales store. Reviewing the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage capturing the scene of the accident, the passenger car driven by Mr. B hit the road curb, crossed the center line, and rushed into the opposite side of the shopping area. JTBC 'Sageon Banjang'

Meanwhile, legal grounds will be established to punish so-called 'drinking tactics,' where drunk drivers evade police breathalyzer tests by fleeing or drinking more alcohol after fleeing. This was prompted by singer Kim Ho-joong's drunk driving accident. The National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee held a bill review subcommittee around September last year and passed a revision to the Road Traffic Act with bipartisan agreement, forwarding it to the plenary session.

The amendment introduces a provision prohibiting the act of obstructing breathalyzer tests through drinking tactics and sets the statutory penalty to be the same as refusal to take a breathalyzer test: imprisonment for one to five years or a fine between 5 million and 20 million won. The same punishment will apply to bicycle and personal mobility device (kickboard) operators. When a fleeing drunk driver deliberately drinks more alcohol, it becomes difficult to accurately measure the blood alcohol concentration at the time of driving. Some drunk drivers have exploited this by claiming they had not consumed alcohol while driving.

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