Gwangju police officer who killed a man in his 60s in a traffic accident is sent to court

(Gwangju, South Jeolla Province = Yonhap News) Reporter Min Hyun-ki = The incumbent police officer and SUV driver B (20s), who caused a traffic accident that killed a woman in her 60s, were handed over to the Public Prosecution Office.

Gwangju Western Police Station announced on the 4th that it had sent police officer A and Mr. B of the Gwangsan Police Station without detention on charges of causing death under the Special Act on Traffic Accidents.

They are suspected of colliding while changing lanes on Hanam Industrial Complex Road in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, Jeollanam-do at 5:58 p.m. on August 9, killing the occupants of the vehicle on opposite sides.

At the time, when the SUV, which was driving in the 3rd lane, changed to the 2nd lane, Officer A's car, which was driving in the 2nd lane, moved to the 1st lane.

Afterwards, the SUV changed lanes back to the first lane and collided with Officer A's car. Due to the impact of the accident, the SUV crossed the center line and collided with an oncoming car.

In this accident, five people, including a couple in their 60s and a passenger in the SUV, who were riding in a car opposite, suffered serious injuries. Among them, a seriously injured woman in her 60s died during treatment.

To determine the cause of the accident, the police sent the vehicle and black box to the National Institute of Forensic Science for analysis.

As a result of the investigation, it was determined that the two vehicles collided while changing lanes, and the circumstances of the collision, such as overtaking each other or preventing the other vehicle from changing lanes, were not confirmed before the accident.

The police believed that there were no circumstances that could lead to retaliation or reckless driving and only charged the two drivers with causing death under the Special Act on Traffic Accidents.

The case was initially handled by the Gwangsan Police Station, but as a police officer from the same police station was involved, it was transferred to the Western Police Station for the sake of fairness in the investigation.