I said "I took medicine" after going back on the chart...Police sent back without drug testing.

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The police sent the driver back without a separate drug test even though there was a dizzying situation in which the vehicle drove backwards on downtown Chuncheon, Gangwon Province.

According to a Yonhap News report on the 24th, 112 reports were received at 8:10 p.m. on the 16th that "K5 passenger cars are driving backwards" in Toegye-dong, Chuncheon-si.

The reverse car had already broken the bottom of the front bumper at the time of driving, and was driving reverse at an estimated speed of around 40km/h on one or two of the four one-way lanes. It stopped at 8:14 p.m. after hitting a median strip near a gas station in Toegye-dong.

The dispatched police conducted a sobriety test on driver A (43), but it was not confirmed that he was drunk.

Mr. A mentioned to a locker driver who witnessed the accident to the effect that he had "taken a number of depression drugs," and the locker driver delivered Mr. A's words to the dispatched police officer. However, the police sent A back without a separate drug test at the scene, even though the driver mentioned that he had taken the drug on his own.A traffic investigation officer at

said, "It's just the driver's claim that he took the drug," adding, "In fact, he could have taken drugs, but it's a mystery that he sent the rambling driver back after taking a breathalyzer test."

Another police officer said, "Because reverse driving is highly dangerous, it is customary to conduct a breathalyzer test and a drug test at the same time," adding, "If you were told at the scene that you took a depression drug, you should have tested the drug even more and sent it back." Some pointed out that it is a regrettable response even though simple drug test kits have been distributed to police stations due to special crackdowns on drinking and drug driving during the year-end and New Year holidays.

It is known that the district office, which initially responded, called A to collect urine for drug tests and reported the accident to the police station when the report began. In addition, the head of the district office, who was reported as a "single accident" by dispatched police officers, was also found to have checked the reverse driving video circulating in online communities for the first time since the report.

The district office explained that it did not report urgently because there were no casualties from the reverse driving, the damage to facilities was not significant, and it was difficult to see the scene of the accident due to the failure of A's vehicle black box.

Meanwhile, it is known that A visited the district office and stated, "I have no memory at the time of the accident." The police are investigating the circumstances of the accident while requesting an appraisal from the National Forensic Service (National Forensic Service) to determine whether the antidepressants A took and the components detected in urine are the same.

Reporter Lee Yu Na from Digital News Team.