Police Officer Under Investigation After Patrol Car Strikes and Kills Person Lying on Road

An active-duty police officer has been booked after a patrol car struck and killed a woman in her 60s who was lying on the road.

The Incheon Michuhol Police Station announced on Friday (July 3) that it is investigating Officer A, a woman in her 20s assigned to a local police precinct, on charges of causing death by professional negligence under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Settlement of Traffic Accidents.

Officer A is accused of striking and killing a woman in her 60s, identified as B, while driving a patrol car on a side road in Sungui-dong, Michuhol-gu, at 12:45 a.m. today.

It was determined that Officer A was responding to a report of a person collapsed on the road along with Sergeant C, who was in the same patrol car, when the accident occurred, resulting in the death of the person they were dispatched to assist.

Police explained that the accident site was somewhat dark and located near a left-turn section.

Officer A reportedly told police that she did not properly see B lying on the road.

A police official stated, "We plan to determine the specific circumstances of the accident through analysis of nearby closed-circuit (CCTV) footage and decide whether to request an arrest warrant," adding, "We do not consider the passenger, Sergeant C, to be subject to punishment as there was no duty of care."

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