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Last year, the court of first instance sentenced the first-instance court to a suspended sentence of imprisonment for a driver who struck and killed a 2-year-old child while making an illegal U-turn at a child protection area in Jeonju.
Since it was the first trial for the death accident after the enforcement of the 'Minshik Act', interest was gathered, and JTV reporter Na Geum-dong reports the reason for this judgment.
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In May of last year, a child protection area in Jeonju.
A two-year-old boy standing on the edge of the road was hit and killed by a car driven by a 50-year-old who made an illegal U-turn.
[Witness (May of last year): The mother was holding her baby and crying. Everyone is buzzing... .]
This was the first fatal accident since the enforcement of the so-called 'Minshik Act', which strengthened the penalties for drivers who injured or killed children in child protection zones.
In the event of a fatal accident, the penalty is imprisonment for life or three years or more without a fine.
At the first trial, the prosecution requested a four-year prison sentence for driver A.
The court applied the Minsik Act to Mr. A and sentenced him to 3 years in prison and 5 years of probation, and ordered 40 hours of social service and compliance driving lessons each.
A's side argued that the civil law should not be applied by driving at a speed of 9.1 km/h, which is less than the speed limit of 30 km/h.
However, the court held that even if the speed limit was observed, the Civil Code Act should be applied, saying that it did not fulfill its obligations such as a temporary stop.
In addition, he added that the driver also has an obligation to recognize the claim that he did not know whether it was a child protection zone.