Sanitation worker dies in drunken hit-and-run... Driver arrested at home (comprehensive)

(Gwangmyeong = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Ji-won = A woman in her 50s who ran away after hitting and killing a sanitation worker while drinking and driving on a road in Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do was caught by the police.

Gwangmyeong Police Station announced on the 14th that it is arresting and investigating Mr. A on charges of death by escape and death by dangerous driving under the Aggravated Punishment Act for Specific Crimes.

According to the police, Mr. A is suspected of hitting Mr. B, a 50-year-old man in his 50s who was a sanitation worker at Geumcheon-gu Office in Seoul, while driving a K3 car while drunk on Anyangcheon-ro near Haan-dong, Gwangmyeong-si, at around 6:30 a.m. on the same day, and ran away without providing relief.

Mr. B was taken to the hospital in cardiac arrest immediately after the accident, but died at around 7:20 am.

The police dispatched after receiving a report from another driver, analyzed surrounding CCTV, tracked Mr. A's vehicle, and arrested him at his home in Haan-dong, Gwangmyeong-si at around 7:50 a.m.

At the time of arrest, Mr. A's blood alcohol level was at the level of license cancellation.

It was discovered that Mr. A drank alcohol at a bar in Seongnam City, drove about 30km, and then caused an accident near his home.

It has not yet been confirmed whether Mr. A's vehicle was speeding at the time of the accident and whether there was another accident in the section where Mr. A was driving before the accident.

Initially, Mr. A claimed to the police that he was not aware of the accident and that he drank alcohol after returning home.

However, he later admitted to some of the charges, saying, "I was driving after drinking two bottles of soju when I felt something hit my car, but I didn't know it was a person, so I just went."

The police plan to investigate the circumstances of the accident based on the vehicle's black box and surrounding CCTV footage, and apply for an arrest warrant for Mr. A.