A Porsche driver accused of causing a crash by driving under the influence of drugs and plunging off Banpo Bridge in Seoul has been indicted.
The Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office said on the 25th that on the 24th it indicted and detained a woman in her 30s, identified as A, on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act, drugged driving under the Road Traffic Act, and causing injury by dangerous driving under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes.
A, at about 8:44 p.m. on the 25th of last month, was driving a Porsche sport utility vehicle (SUV) on Banpo Bridge when the car broke through the railing and fell onto the Han River riverside. In the process, A's car crashed onto a Mercedes-Benz, injuring two people, including the Mercedes driver, a man in his 40s.
At the time, police apprehended A on the spot after detecting indications that A had injected propofol inside the vehicle just before the crash. An empty vial of propofol, a disposable syringe, and medical tubing were reportedly found in the vehicle.
Police detained A on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Control Act, then added charges of drugged driving and causing injury by dangerous driving, and referred the case to prosecutors on the 6th.
B, a former nursing assistant accused of supplying A with the drug, was referred to prosecutors in custody on the 19th on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Control Act. Police have also booked the head of the hospital that possessed the propofol A injected on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Control Act and are currently investigating.