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A college student on his way home from a part-time job late at night was hit by a hit and run vehicle and died. The driver who caused the accident was intoxicated at the level of license revocation.
This is TJB reporter Kim Chul-jin.
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dark of dawn, an SUV passes the intersection quickly, ignoring the signal.
Moments later, a man fell on the road behind the speeding car, and people around him rushed to him.
A 38-year-old man driving while in a drunken state at a crossroad in Dunsan-dong, Daejeon, hit a 23-year-old sheep and ran away at 1:30 a.m.
Miss A suffered serious head and back injuries in the accident and was taken to the hospital, but eventually died.
This man's dangerous sprint continued after he collided with sheep A, and ended only after he collided with a wall and a tree about 4 km from the scene.
Miss A, who died, was on her way home after completing a part-time job at a nearby chicken restaurant at the time of the accident.
The bereaved family did not believe in the death of their faithful daughter, who had earned a living by working part-time while preparing for a job ahead of graduation.
The mother was sobbing at the news of her daughter who had an accident while walking to save on taxi fare.
As a result of the police investigation, the man was working as a taxi driver in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, and his blood alcohol level at the time of the accident was 0.203%, exceeding the standard for license revocation.
[Police official: In the process of checking the escaped vehicle, I was in a state of gibberish because I was drunk a lot...
.] The
police plan to review the application of the Yoon Chang-ho Act to the driver and apply for an arrest warrant as soon as the investigation is complete.