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A man in his 40s, who was wanted for habitual drunk driving and traffic accidents, got into another car accident and fled, but was caught by the police.
He was hiding in a warehouse in a residential area and smoking, and the smell of cigarettes caught him.
This is UBC reporter Shin Hye-ji.
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It is a round-trip four-lane road with a lot of midday traffic.
A black car that came out of the alley crossed the center line and was about to make a left turn when it collided with an SUV that was going straight.
However, after a while, the driver of the assault vehicle stumbles and disappears into the residential area.
Immediately after the accident, the man abandoned his car on the roadside and fled to an alley in a nearby residential area.
Driver A in his 40s, who caused a hit-and-run accident while driving under the influence of alcohol, hid in a residential area 200 meters away and was caught by the police 30 minutes later.
It was thanks to the activity of a new police officer five months into the job, who was suspicious of the strong smell of cigarettes in a warehouse in a residential area.
[Jeon Chan-ju/Ulsan Ulju Police Station Onyang Police Box: At first, I thought I might have misunderstood because there was no popular chuck, but when I got close to the inside to check the popular chuck once again, the smell of cigarettes leaked out from the inside.
At that time, I decided that there was someone inside.]
At the time of the arrest, Mr. A's blood alcohol level was 0.2%, which is the level of license revocation.
Police investigations also revealed that he was already wanted by the police for drunk driving and a car accident.
The police have arrested A without detention on charges of violating the Road Traffic Act and are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident.