Although it was not a traffic violation, it was an accident with an ambulance crossing the road while traveling at a speed exceeding 134 km/h.
A woman in her 70s who was in emergency transport died, and an emergency technician and her husband were seriously injured.
The BMW driver stated that he did not hear the siren because the car’s engine was loud.
Previously penalized for speeding
A BMW driver in his 40s with young children asked for leniency, saying he had to take care of his children.
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The driver of a car that crashed into an ambulance while driving too fast, causing five casualties, is sentenced to court.
Sentenced to five years in prison, the maximum penalty.
On the 11th, Chief Judge Jeong Eun-young of the 1st Criminal Division of the Cheonan Branch of the Daejeon District Court filed the Traffic Accident Handling Special Act on the 9th.
Mr. A (41), who was arrested and indicted for violating (death) and violating the reserve forces law, was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
The Traffic Accident Handling Special Act stipulates that if a driver causes the death of another person due to a traffic accident, he or she will be subject to a 5-year sentence.
It is stipulated that he shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor not exceeding 20 million won or a fine not exceeding 20 million won.
Five years is the maximum penalty under the law.
Sentenced to 5 years in prison