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report has been reported that an old man in his 70s with limited mobility was hit by a hit-and-run truck while walking along the street.
The truck driver left the scene without any aid, but when he was caught, he was drunk.
Reporter Jeong Ban-seok on the report.
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truck slides backwards toward the two old people walking on the crosswalk and knocks them over.
As the truck approaches the fallen victims again, one of the victims hastily knocks on the truck.
The truck, which had stopped for a moment, this time backs up at a faster speed toward the fallen victim, stepping on the victim and leaving the scene.
[Mr. Lee / Accident Victim: I told him to stand by saying,'Save people,' when I hit someone, but he just ran.
Because it was a hit and run, I asked for a catch, so another car just ran and brought it.
He just
asked where he was running away, and he
didn't know.] The
truck driver walked past a woman who fell down here, and then came back to the scene when another vehicle driver who had been asked by the victim came after him.
Three construction workers working near the accident site were aboard the truck, and the driver, A 62-year-old man, was drinking at the level of a license suspension.
An elderly man in his 70s who was struck by a car suffered a major injury that broke his ribs, jawbone, and spine, and was being treated in the intensive care unit.
[Kim Mo/Son of the victim crushed by a truck: Isn't this murder (attempt) after seeing you step on it after you fall down...
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Driver A is known to have made a statement to the effect that the police drank some makgeolli for lunch and left the scene without knowing that there was an accident.
The police will charge Mr. A for drunk driving and apply a hit-and-run charge.
In addition, we are reviewing the application of allegations of assisting with drunk driving to passengers.