(Herald DB)
The South Korean police stated Thursday {that a} man, who had been signaling to different drivers to go round his automobile after it broke down in a tunnel, was run over and killed by one other driver who was quickly distracted and didn’t see him.
Officers are investigating a 20-something-year-old man for inflicting the accident at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, which fatally injured a person in his 40s, whose automobile had damaged down. The youthful man advised investigators that he had been occupied along with his smartphone’s GPS navigation app when he hit the sufferer.
Based on the officers, the sufferer’s automobile had damaged down in the course of Yondam Tunnel between Ansan and Hwaseong in southern Gyeonggi Province, a piece of the Seohaean Expressway. After his automobile had abruptly stopped within the second lane of the three-lane expressway, he had exited the car and began signaling to the opposite vehicles to drive round him.
However one of many drivers did not see him and ran him over. The sufferer was carried to a close-by hospital through ambulance, however he finally died.
The youthful driver is being accused of violating the Act on Particular Instances Regarding the Settlement of Site visitors Accidents, particularly Article 3, which stipulates punishment for inflicting bodily harm as a result of gross negligence. It’s punishable by as much as 5 years in jail or a 20 million-won ($15,000) positive.