A grandmother in her 70s was hit one after another by a hit-and-run vehicle and devastated...the suspect's suspicious track record [Y transcript]

Suspect in his 60s buys soju at convenience store after accident
After an early morning traffic accident, I went to work and worked at a convenience store 1.3km away to buy soju…Back to work
Investigation into the possibility of buying alcohol after the accident to hide drunk driving

■ Host: anchor Lee Se-na, anchor Na Kyung-chul
■ Starring: lawyer Sohn Soo-ho

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◇ Anchor> It was such a terrible and terrible accident. Recently, a grandmother in her 70s was killed by a hit-and-run car not once but twice in Busan, right?

◆Son Suho> That's right. It was two days ago, and it was a terrible thing that happened around 5 a.m. on the 28th. It happened in Busan. An SUV was passing by and hit a woman. And two minutes later, another SUV passed and hit the woman. A citizen who watched reported it to the police. Unfortunately, a woman in her 70s who was struck by two cars in a row eventually died. The police caught both of them within 10 hours of the accident. I caught him, and these drivers said, There was no pedestrian in sight. And he claims that he didn't hit a person and ran away even though he knew it, saying that he didn't think it was a person.

◇ Anchor> The driver who caused the accident for the first time was also found to have bought alcohol on purpose to hide drunk driving, but according to some media reports, the movement was suspicious after the accident.

◆Son Suho> It's very suspicious. Of course, we need to think more carefully about the purpose of this act.If you look at the line of movement, This is the result of the police investigation. There was an accident around 5 a.m. Then I go to the company. So I go to work at the company and go to the convenience store around 9 a.m., about 4 hours later. It's about 1.3km away from work. I go to the convenience store here and buy things, and that's soju. I bought soju and then I drove back to work. It is very unusual to go back to the convenience store and buy soju after going to work, and I have no choice but to doubt that it is an act aimed at hiding my fault.

◇ Anchor> There are probably many things that are suspicious and another accident comes to mind. I don't understand why I bought soju at 9 a.m., but in the end, what the police suspect is that they tried to get drunk, that is, the so-called drunk method.

◆Son Suho> That's right. Let's split the cases. First of all, the driver bought soju at the convenience store around 9 o'clock and then drank it himself. He claims to have drunk it. He claims to have drunk half a bottle, but the police claim to have drunk it, but they say it has not been confirmed. If you drank half a bottle of soju around 9 a.m., as the driver claimed, it would be very embarrassing to calculate whether you drank at the time of the accident and what the blood alcohol level was even if you did. It gets very difficult. I can't rule out the possibility that he may have drank half a bottle of soju for this and not. Because if you claim that you didn't actually drink it, you can also confuse the police's investigation into the condition and situation at the time of driving. In other words, according to his claim, he measured his blood alcohol level while drinking half a bottle of soju. I measured it, but it's known that it's not a license revocation, but a license suspension level. However, if you lied about drinking without drinking, the police will be confused again about the blood alcohol level at the time of actual driving. I think they bought alcohol at 9 a.m. or pretended to drink it for the purpose of interfering with the police investigation.

◇Anchor> I mean, it's a pity that I have psychosis, but I don't have accurate evidence. First of all, the police are considering applying for an arrest warrant for two drivers who fled after the accident.How do you see the possibility of issuing it in real life?

◆Son Su-ho> The most important thing to reveal now is whether you are drunk and how drunk you were.Ma left the scene as it was before after hitting and killing a person before deciding to drink and driving. In other words, it seems very likely that the crime of escape death, that is, the crime of escape death under the Special Act, is established. Of course, in order for this crime of escape to be established, you must know that you have hit a person. Even though you knew it, it is a crime that is established only when you leave the scene without relief measures, so according to the current claims of these drivers, you didn't know it was a person. Then we can't rule out the possibility that it won't be established.Ma is dealing with a lot of these cases from the police's point of view, and he's probably done it again. Therefore, if it is a crime of escape death and the driver continues to deny the crime, I think it can be a sufficient factor for issuing an arrest warrant for this.



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: Lee Mi-young, editor of the digital news team

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