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Yesterday (10th) afternoon, a vehicle driven by a diplomat belonging to the US Embassy in Korea ran into a taxi and ran away.
The police were helpless as a group of diplomats refused to investigate the scene, but today the US embassy made a statement that it could not agree with the media report of a hit and run.
Reporter Kim Min-jung reconstructed the situation at the time based on the video.
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Yesterday at 5:30 pm, as we exited the Namsan Tunnel, a tunnel in Seoul, a car tried to change lanes and crashed into the front bumper of a taxi and went away.
[What are you doing?] A
taxi driver approaches the car that has stopped shortly after being blocked and knocks on the window, but he doesn't budge.
Even after honking the horn several times while chasing the vehicle, there is no response.
[There was an accident.
He's running away.
But it's a diplomat's car.] After being
chased and chased, the vehicle arrived at the front of the Yongsan US base.
Even if the police arrive, the 'hanging out' continues.
[Police: Come out, me and me.
Come out.]
[Taxi Driver: Even though he ran away
, he couldn't conduct a drunken
inspection?] In the
end, the police couldn't confirm the identity or whether he was drinking.
Police sent an official letter today to the US embassy asking whether immunity was exercised.
When reports of a hit-and-run incident by a US embassy employee continued, the embassy made a brief statement.
It said that he did not agree with the media reports and was confident that the South Korean side would conduct a thorough and fair investigation, and that he would refrain from further clarification until the investigation is over.
[Taxi Driver: Can a Korean diplomat go to (USA) and run away after hitting an American car?
(Accidentally) Asking whether someone was injured or not is something that Americans and non-Koreans should of course do.]
(Video coverage: Yang Hyun-cheol, Video editing: Lee So-young, VJ: Kim Jong-gap)