Imprisonment sentence for foreigner driving unlicensed and uninsured cannon truck in Busan suspended

A foreigner who crashed into a taxi and fled while driving an unlicensed Daepo vehicle without mandatory insurance in Busan was sentenced to probation.

Judge Mok Myeong-gyun of the Busan District Court's Criminal Division 17 announced on the 4th that he sentenced Mr. A, a Kazakh citizen, to 1 year and 6 months in prison and 3 years of probation, who was indicted on charges of fleeing and causing injury, driving without a license, and violating the Immigration Control Act under the Aggravated Punishment for Specific Crimes Act.

Mr. A was handed over to trial on charges of crashing into a taxi while driving a Grandeur car on a road in Yeonje-gu, Busan at 8:04 pm on February 6 and running away without taking any action.

Mr. A was waiting for a signal in the first lane, which is the left turn lane, and changed direction to the second lane, which was the straight lane, and hit the driver's side of the taxi that was entering the second lane from the third lane.

In this accident, the taxi driver suffered a shoulder injury that required two weeks of treatment, and the taxi was damaged to the extent that repairs cost 1.46 million won.

It was found that Mr. A drove approximately 212km from Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province to the accident site without a driver's license.

The vehicle did not have mandatory insurance.

He entered the country with a visa exemption status in June 2022 and his period of stay ended in July of the same year, but he was also charged with illegally staying in the country for four years until July of this year.

The prosecution requested the confiscation of the car used in the crime, but the court did not accept it.

It was determined that the vehicle in question was a so-called 'cannon car' and did not meet the requirements for confiscation because it was owned by someone else.

Judge Mok explained the reason for his sentencing, saying, “The crime is bad because he drove without a license and insurance, caused an accident, and then ran away without taking any action.”