South Korean Driver was Drunk and Speeding When He Crashed into U.S. Military Vehicle
Considering the time at night and the manner of how this accident occurred this news is really not surprising:
The driver of a sport utility vehicle that rear-ended a U.S. armored personnel carrier last month was drunk and speeding at the time of the fatal collision, police said Friday.
The Aug. 30 crash occurred on a bridge as two American soldiers in the military vehicle were headed home after a training at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, 30 miles north of Seoul. The soldiers were not seriously injured; all four people in the SUV died.
The collision prompted the U.S. military to suspend training in the area, which has long been the source of frequent complaints from locals about noise and stray ordnance. The SUV passengers — two South Korean couples in their 50s — were from Pocheon and were on the way home after having dinner with friends in the area, an investigator at the local police station said.
The driver had a blood alcohol content well above the legal limit and was going more than 60 mph in a 40 mph zone when the crash occurred, according to the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with department rules.
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A lawyer in litigation-heavy California would try to argue that the USFK was at least 1% responsible because their vehicle was on the road…
Did the USFK vehicle have tail lights blinking to warn the oncoming drivers in the dark that there is a large vehicle stopped on the road?
Beijing Boy, USFK vehicles have both tail lights and a flashing light on a mast which is more than any other vehicle on the road in Korea. The drunk driver would have killed both his carload and any other car on the road that night except he hit an armored vehicle which turns out to be the least loss of life.
Drunk and speeding, but all 4 died of coronavirus.
Drago, you’re 100% right…