<Anchor> At the end of
last year, there was an incident where a car and a taxi got into an accident on Olympic Boulevard in Seoul and ran away.
At the time, the situation in which the driver ran away to avoid being caught drunk driving was recorded in the black box.
Reporter Pyeong-Hyeon Park reports.
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The staggering vehicle hurriedly changed four lanes and collided with a taxi coming from behind.
[There's an accident!] The
driver got out of the car for a moment, but soon drove away, leaving the injured taxi driver behind.
It occurred at the dawn of the 16th of last month, on the access road going up to Hannam Bridge in Seoul.
[The driver who caused the accident (black box recording voice): I can't catch up with you?
Even if you did hit and run, you shouldn't be caught drunk driving.
Wait.]
This is the vehicle the hit-and-run driver rode in.
Immediately after the accident, I drove from Seoul to Suwon with the rear wheel shaking.
[Rental car company employee: When I first entered our office, I was driving and there was an accident because I just slipped...
.]
As Mr. A said, even if you don't get caught driving drunk, the law is not easy.
If Mr. A did not escape, he is expected to be sentenced to less than 7 years and 6 months in prison, but as the hit and run is added, the court sentence can go up to 30 years.
[Jung Kyung-il/Attorney specializing in traffic accidents: Even if you can't reveal the
fact of drinking, you will be punished more severely for hit-and-run crimes under the Special Act.]
(Video coverage: Yoon Hyung, video editing: Kim Yun-seong)