A grandmother who returns home with her son's help after the first police investigation in March last year / Yonhap News
A grandmother who lost her grandson Lee Do-hyun (12 years old at the time of his death) in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, in a suspected sudden acceleration of a vehicle, was completely cleared of the charges a year and 10 months after the accident.
According to the police today (30th), the Gangneung Police Station recently took over the documents related to the case from the prosecution in accordance with the decision of the Gangneung branch of the Chuncheon District Prosecutors' Office.If the police, who made the decision not to send
, send the result of 'no charges' to the prosecution even though they reinvestigated the case at the request of the prosecution, the prosecution will also conclude the case by judging that it is not a matter worth prosecuting.
Earlier, Do-hyun's grandmother A (71) was driving a Tivoli car in Hongje-dong, Gangneung-si on December 6, 2022, when Do-hyun was killed by a suspected sudden acceleration accident.In the accident of
, A was criminally charged with death under the Special Act on Handling of Traffic Accidents.
The police did not accept the results of the National Forensic Service's (National Forensic Service) assessment that "there are no mechanical defects and there is a possibility of pedal malfunction," and did not send A's charges in October 2023 as "an issue that is not admitted due to insufficient evidence."
However, the prosecution decided that Do-hyun, who is responsible for the suspected sudden unintended acceleration, needs to review the data submitted in the damage suit between his family and KG Mobility (hereinafter referred to as KGM, former Ssangyong Motor), and asked the police to reinvestigate it. After a nine-month re-investigation, the police concluded once again that there was no charge.
It is unprecedented for the police to refuse to accept the results of the National Forensic Service's evaluation in a criminal case of suspected sudden unintended acceleration.
Meanwhile, Do-hyun's family has currently filed a lawsuit against KGM for damages worth 760 million won.
Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team
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