A man in his 20s who caused a drunk driving accident, then changed into workout clothes inside his car and fled the scene as if out for a jog, has been booked by police, with footage of his escape spreading across social media and stunning viewers.
According to Yonhap News on Friday, the Chungnam Provincial Police Agency is investigating a man surnamed A in his 20s on charges of drunk driving and failure to take measures after an accident under the Road Traffic Act.
A is accused of crashing his car into a commercial building while driving drunk on a road in Singwan-dong, Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do, at around 4:10 a.m. on Tuesday.
After the collision, A left the vehicle at the scene and fled, then turned himself in to police about five hours later.
At the time he turned himself in, A's blood alcohol level measured 0.036%, a level corresponding to the threshold for license suspension.
However, given the significant time gap between the accident and the measurement, police plan to separately calculate the actual blood alcohol level at the time of the accident by applying the Widmark formula.
The Widmark formula is a technique that estimates blood alcohol concentration at a specific point in time by back-calculating the amount of alcohol metabolized over the elapsed time.
What drew even greater attention online was A's absurd method of escape.
According to footage posted on social media, A changed into workout clothes inside his car immediately after the crash. When people approached to handle the accident, he said, "I'm going to the restroom," and began running as if he were part of a running crew.
The netizen who posted the video said A ran off so calmly that bystanders had no chance to stop him.
The footage spread rapidly online, drawing public outrage. Police plan to refer A to prosecutors after completing additional investigation.
