A plastic surgery clinic director who supplied propofol to a driver who crashed off Banpo Bridge while under the influence of drugs has been indicted and detained.
The Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office said Wednesday it has indicted and detained the director of a plastic surgery clinic in Seocho-gu, Seoul, identified only as A in his 40s, on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act.
A is suspected of misusing narcotics by administering excessive amounts of propofol to more than 10 patients who visited his clinic since August last year. He also faces charges of failing to properly manage and supervise narcotics at the clinic.
The clinic is where Shin, a former nursing assistant who provided propofol to Hwang, the Porsche driver involved in the Banpo Bridge crash, had worked.
Hwang caused an accident in February when his Porsche fell off Banpo Bridge onto a vehicle traveling on Gangbyeonbuk-ro before plunging down to Jamsu Bridge. About 100 bottles of propofol were found inside the vehicle at the time.
He was subsequently indicted in March on charges of dangerous driving causing injury, violation of the Narcotics Control Act, and drug-impaired driving under the Road Traffic Act. Shin, the nursing assistant, was also indicted last month on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act.
