Midnight Pursuit in Gimpo: Four Police Officers Injured by Drunk Driver

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Last night, on July 21, police officers responding to a suspected drunk driving report in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, were injured after being hit by the suspect's vehicle. One officer suffered a bone fracture when the fleeing driver rammed into patrol cars to evade police.

Reporter Kim Gyu-ri has the details.

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A road in Yangchon-eup, Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, at around 10:10 PM last night.

A white SUV speeds past, closely pursued by a police car with its siren blazing.

Police responding to a report of suspected drunk driving had repeatedly ordered the driver to stop, but the driver chose to flee.

The midnight chase, which lasted for nearly 10 minutes, ended only after the SUV crashed into two patrol cars.

[Police Official: The drunk vehicle made a left turn right here. Our patrol car stopped over there and got rammed.]

Resistance continued even after the vehicle came to a halt, prompting multiple officers to rush in and subdue the driver.

[Witness: There was a loud crashing sound. The driver was shouting and kept physically struggling.]

Debris from the impact is scattered across the road like this.

[Witness: (The police officer) seems to have seriously injured their wrist. Their wrist was practically bent backward...]

During the vehicle collision, one police officer suffered a bone fracture in the wrist, while three others sustained minor injuries.

The blood alcohol concentration of the SUV driver, a person in their 40s, was confirmed to be at the level for license revocation.

It was learned that police applied for an arrest warrant for the driver on charges of special obstruction of official duties resulting in injury and drunk driving, but prosecutors dismissed it, citing no apparent risk of flight or destruction of evidence.

(Video by Kim Young-hwan | Video Editing by Kim Jun-hee)
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