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A series of drunk driving accidents involving SUVs striking motorcycles occurred consecutively in the capital area. One motorcycle rider was killed, and another was seriously injured.
Reporter Yoo Soo-Hwan has the details on the holiday incidents and accidents.
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An eight-lane road in Hanam, Gyeonggi Province.
At around 9:50 PM last night (the 9th), an SUV driven by a man in his 20s, surnamed A, rear-ended a motorcycle traveling ahead of it.
A had been fleeing from police after causing another accident about 10 minutes earlier.
He had hit a parked motorcycle on the road and fled the scene.
The rider of the motorcycle struck by A's vehicle was transported to a hospital but died.
After failing to stop from the initial accident, the SUV drove about 3 kilometers further to this location, struck another motorcycle, and caused fatalities.
Investigations showed that A raced through the city center at speeds exceeding 150 km/h. After causing the second accident, he abandoned his car and hid in a grassy area in a residential neighborhood before being apprehended by police.
At the time of his arrest, he was heavily intoxicated to the level of license revocation, and police plan to request an arrest warrant for charges including fleeing the scene of a fatal accident.
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Also in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, early this morning, a motorcycle rider fell victim to a vehicle driven by an intoxicated person in their 20s.
The victim suffered severe head injuries and was transported to the hospital in cardiac arrest, later regaining a pulse and breathing.
[Accident Witness: The person who got hit looked like a young friend. Firefighters and police came, performed CPR with a defibrillator, and took them away.]
The vehicle driver, who was heavily intoxicated to the point of license revocation, was arrested at the scene.
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Last night in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, a taxi crossed the centerline and plowed into a couple in their 40s sitting under a shaded shelter on the sidewalk.
Although rushed to the hospital, the husband ultimately died, while the wife, who suffered head injuries, is receiving treatment.
Police found that the taxi driver in his 70s stated during questioning that he had fallen asleep at the wheel.
(Video reporting: Cho Chang-hyun, Kim Nam-sung | Video editing: Shin Se-eun | Footage provided by viewer Song Young-hoon)
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