<Anchor> The
driver of the vehicle that stopped after hitting a traffic light in front of an elementary school while driving drunk and then causing another accident was caught.
It has been confirmed as an incumbent Catholic priest, and reporter Choi Seon-gil reports exclusively.
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A road in Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, around 10:30 on the same day (28th).
A car ran behind a car waiting for a signal and crashed into it without stopping.
[Accident victim: A drunk driving car suddenly collided behind me while waiting for the left turn signal, and it was an accident.]
But this vehicle that caused the
accident was
already reported to the police as another traffic accident 10 minutes ago.
In front of an elementary school 500 meters away, a 112 report was received that a car that was running ignoring the lane and traffic lights collided with a traffic light.
A vehicle driving on the road collided with a traffic light in front of the elementary school and ran away.
[Accident witness: I went to the reverse lane and the traffic light was blue, but I violated the signal, checked the condition of the vehicle (in an accident), and then went back to the apartment complex.] The
police at the scene caught the driver, a man in his 30s, and got drunk When I took a measurement, my blood alcohol level was 0.218%, and I was in a state of intoxication that was more than double the number of license revocations.
As a result of the police investigation, the man was revealed to be an incumbent priest in the Catholic Church of Wonju.
The police have booked the bride on suspicion of drunk driving and will call soon to investigate the exact circumstances of the incident.
The Catholic Diocese of Wonju said it plans to take disciplinary action against the priest according to the results of the police investigation.
(Video editing: Seunghee Lee, VJ: Junyoung Lee)