Suddenly, a rock hit my car with a 'thump'...'Horrible thing' that happened at the hanbok board on the highway.

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A man in his 40s was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence for throwing stones at a vehicle that followed him after stopping in the middle of the highway and assaulting a road corporation employee who was reported to have been dispatched.

On the 2nd, the Cheongju District Court sentenced A (43), accused of assaulting a driver, obstructing general traffic, and damaging special property under the Specific Crime Weighted Penalty Act, to one year in prison and two years of probation.

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Earlier, A was put on trial at around 10:05 a.m. on January 2 on charges of interrupting traffic flow by suddenly stopping the vehicle between the first and second lanes while driving a 1-ton truck near the Ochang Rest Area in Hanam direction on the Jungbu Expressway in Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju.

A threw a stone into the window of the car that followed and damaged it, and he stepped on the bonnet of another vehicle, causing property damage of about 8.8 million won for the repair of two vehicles.When an employee of the Korea Expressway Corporation, who was reported to the scene after receiving a

report, stopped him, he was suspected of injuring him by punching him in the face.

Mr. A, who was arrested by the police as a red offender, was emergency hospitalized in a mental hospital. As a result of the investigation, it was reported that A suffers from mental illness such as bipolar affective disorder.

The court ruled, "The nature of the crime is very bad for stopping a vehicle on the highway, obstructing traffic, and assaulting it," adding, "However, the defendant suffered from mental illness such as bipolar affective disorder, which affected the crime, and took into account the fact that he agreed with the victims and showed an attitude of reflection."

Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team