넥센 히어로즈 소속 프로야구 선수 신현철 (26)씨가 만취상태에서 교통사고를 내고 달아난 혐의 (폭력행위등 처벌에 관한 법률 위반 등)로 불구속 기소되었다고 검찰이 13일 밝혔다.
서울중앙지검 형사 1부 (권정훈 부장검사)가 밝힌 바에 따르면 신씨는 지난 4우러 8일 오전 4시 37분께 서울 강남역 부근에서 승용차로 정차해 있던 택시의 앞범퍼를 들이받는 사고를 냈다.
당시 택시기사 강모 (52)씨가 차에서 내려 신씨의 차량을 가로막자 신씨는 앞범퍼로 강씨의 왼쪽 무릎을 수차례 들이받아 전치 2주의 상해를 입힌 후 도망간 것으로 조사되었다.
신씨는 강씨의 신고로 곧 경찰에 붙잡혔는데 그는 사고 당시 면허취소 수치를 넘는 혈중알코올농도 0.189% 상태였던 것으로 드러났다.
지난 9일 무면허 음주운전 사고를 낸 같은 넥센 소속 김민우(34) 선수는 한국야구위원회(KBO)로부터 야구활동 3개월 정지와 유소년 야구봉사활동 240시간의 징계를 받은 바 있다. 넥센은 최근 1군 엔트리에서 제외된 김씨를 대신해 신씨를 불러들였다. (코리아 헤럴드)
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Nexen pitcher charged with drunken hit-and-run
South Korean professional baseball player Shin Hyeon-cheol was indicted without physical detention for hitting a man with his car while drunk and fleeing the scene, prosecutors said Thursday.
According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Shin crashed into a taxi with his car at 4:37 a.m. on April 8. The owner of the taxi exited the vehicle and blocked Shin’s car.
The investigators said an “infuriated” Shin hit the taxi driver with his car multiple times and fled the scene. The driver was hospitalized with an injury that took him two weeks to heal.
Shin’s blood alcohol level was 0.189 percent, a level that could lead to the revocation of his driver’s license, the police said.
Shin was a replacement player for Kim Min-woo, a Nexen infielder, who had been suspended and given community service for driving without a license while drunk on April 9.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
Nexen pitcher charged with drunken hit-and-run
South Korean professional baseball player Shin Hyeon-cheol was indicted without physical detention for hitting a man with his car while drunk and fleeing the scene, prosecutors said Thursday.
According to Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Shin crashed into a taxi with his car at 4:37 a.m. on April 8. The owner of the taxi exited the vehicle and blocked Shin’s car.
The investigators said an “infuriated” Shin hit the taxi driver with his car multiple times and fled the scene. The driver was hospitalized with an injury that took him two weeks to heal.
Shin’s blood alcohol level was 0.189 percent, a level that could lead to the revocation of his driver’s license, the police said.
Shin was a replacement player for Kim Min-woo, a Nexen infielder, who had been suspended and given community service for driving without a license while drunk on April 9.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)