Drunk Driver Crashes Car Into Restaurant, Flees Scene and Falls Asleep at Home

A man in his 40s has been caught by police on charges of driving an electric passenger car while heavily drunk into a first-floor restaurant in a commercial building, and then fleeing the scene while abandoning his vehicle.

The Hanam Police Station in Gyeonggi Province announced today (November 5) that it has booked Mr. A without detention on charges of violating the Road Traffic Act.

Mr. A is accused of driving his electric car into a first-floor restaurant in Deokpung-dong, Hanam, at around 5:17 AM today and leaving the scene without taking any measures.

As it was early in the morning before business hours, no casualties occurred, but the vehicle, traveling at a high speed, smashed through the glass window and pushed deep into the interior of the store, damaging shop fixtures and other facilities.

It was determined that there were no passengers in the vehicle.

Police dispatched after receiving a report that a passenger car had crashed into a commercial building identified Mr. A's personal information by discovering his wallet and ID card inside the abandoned vehicle at the scene.

Subsequently, police went to his residence and apprehended Mr. A, who was sleeping at home at around 6:17 AM, exactly one hour after the accident occurred.

Mr. A had suffered minor bruises from the impact of the crash and reportedly confessed to both drunk driving and the accident on the spot.

At the time of his apprehension, Mr. A's blood alcohol concentration was reportedly at a level warranting the revocation of his driver's license.

Police plan to apply the Widmark formula based on closed-circuit television footage from the drinking location, taking into account the time gap between Mr. A's actual drinking time and the time of the accident, to calculate his exact blood alcohol concentration at the time of driving, while investigating the specific circumstances of his drinking and driving route.

(Photo provided by Gyeonggi Provincial Disaster and Safety Headquarters, Yonhap News)
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