Teenager Riding Motorcycle Refusing to Stop Dies in Escape

A high school student driving a motorcycle while fleeing from a police patrol car's order to stop has crashed into a parked vehicle and died.

According to the police and fire authorities today (August 12), at 9:07 AM today, a teenage high school student identified as A, who was driving a motorcycle on a road in Daeheung-ri, Yangpyeong-eup, Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province, crossed the center line and collided with a passenger car parked on the opposite sidewalk.

Student A, who was severely injured in the accident, was transported to a nearby hospital in cardiac arrest but passed away.

Today's accident occurred while Student A was fleeing after refusing to comply with a stop order from patrolling police officers.

Just before the accident, a police officer assigned to the traffic division of the Yangpyeong Police Station, who was driving a patrol car, spotted Student A driving a motorcycle without a helmet and without a license plate attached.

The officer consequently ordered Student A to "pull over to the right," but it was found that Student A ignored the command and continued to drive the motorcycle for about 500 meters along a two-lane road in one direction, engaging in a pursuit with the patrol car.

Police later called off the pursuit and slowed down, but Student A continued to flee for another 500 meters or so, ultimately causing the accident about 1 kilometer away from the location where the initial stop order was given.

Considering that the police officer who drove the patrol car holds the status of a witness in the accident, the police are reviewing plans to transfer the investigation of the case to a police station other than the Yangpyeong Police Station, to which the officer belongs.

A police official stated, "We are verifying the exact circumstances based on vehicle dashcams and CCTV footage."

(Photo provided by Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, Yonhap News)
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