The driver of a Porsche that plunged from Banpo Bridge into the Han River riverside while driving under the influence of a psychotropic drug has been handed over to prosecutors under arrest.
The Yongsan Police Station in Seoul on the 6th referred A, a woman in her 30s who drove the Porsche, to the prosecution under arrest on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act. She faces charges including possession, sale, receipt, and use of the drugs.
Earlier, at about 8:44 p.m. on the 25th, A broke through the guardrail while driving on Banpo Bridge, landed on a Mercedes-Benz on the Gangbyeonbuk-ro expressway, and then fell again onto the Han River riverside. A and the driver of the Mercedes-Benz, a man in his 40s, suffered minor injuries and were taken to a hospital, and four vehicles were damaged in the crash.
Afterward, a large quantity of propofol injections, sedative anesthetics, and disposable syringes were found in A's Porsche. Police arrested A on the spot on suspicion of drugged driving under the Road Traffic Act and violating the Narcotics Control Act. The Seoul Western District Court issued an arrest warrant for A on the 27th, citing concerns over destruction of evidence and flight risk.
In this situation, on the 2nd, an accomplice, B, who had handed drugs to A, voluntarily appeared at the Yongsan Police Station. B reportedly turned themself in, saying "handed psychotropic drugs to A." B, a hospital employee, is known to have had business interactions with A, who is the head of a marketing agency and an influencer.
During the investigation of A, police identified the routes of drug receipt and sale, formally booked B, and are proceeding without detention. Police also plan to further investigate the hospital where B works to determine whether there were legitimate consultations and prescriptions.
Police also plan to refer A soon on suspicion of drugged driving and injuring by dangerous driving under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes.