[Exclusive] He went out as a designated driver early in the morning to earn 40,000 won, but he was dragged away while hanging from the car.
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A man in his 30s was drunk and asked a designated driver to drive the car. He suddenly started cursing and assaulting the designated driver, then pushed the designated driver and drove away.
The designated driver, in his 60s, was unable to unfasten his seat belt and was dragged outside the car for over a kilometer before eventually dying.
The police arrested this man on suspicion of murder and handed him over to the prosecution.
Around 1 a.m. on the 14th.
The designated driver, Mr. Kim, 62 years old, got behind the wheel for a drunk customer in Jeonmin-dong, Daejeon.
However, as the vehicle departed, a male passenger in his 30s suddenly started swearing at Mr. Kim and hitting him.
He then pushed me out of the car, threatening to take the steering wheel, and it continued to run.
However, even though the designated driver was fastened outside the car with his seat belt fastened, the car continued to travel for about 1.5 km before hitting a road guardrail and stopping.
[Deputy driver’s bereaved family (voice modified)] “”Unable to withstand the assault, my father opened the door so quickly that he couldn’t even unfasten his seatbelt.”
Mr. Kim suffered serious head injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital, but he died.
The designated driver, a former journalist, raised his two children while working as a designated driver for 10 years.
On the day of the accident, he received a customer saying he could earn 40,000 won by going from Daejeon to Cheongju, but he suffered a disaster.
[Deputy driver’s bereaved family (voice altered)] “”He raised my siblings alone, struggling to make a living. It’s so devastating. Because it was such a cruel incident.””
The police who arrived at the scene arrested a man in his 30s as a red-light criminal.
It was revealed that at the time of the accident, the man was drunk to the point of having his license revoked.
[Deputy driver’s bereaved family (voice modified)] “”It’s not that short of a distance to drive while hanging a person, and 1.5 kilometers is a very long distance.””
During police interrogation, the man reportedly said, “I don’t remember” and “I regret it.”
The police said, “The audio at the time of the accident recorded in the black box in the vehicle included a passenger hitting the designated driver.”
Additionally, at the time of the incident, the surrounding CCTV showed a vehicle running at a high speed with the driver’s side door open.
The police arrested a man in his 30s on charges of murder and handed him over to the prosecution.
