Mokpo Attorney Referral | Helps a Client Charged with Hit-and-Run Causing Injury Obtain a Suspension of Sentencing Decision

Hit-and-run causing injury refers to a crime in which a driver who has caused a traffic accident flees without aiding the victim. It is also commonly called 🔗failure to take measures after an accident / a hit-and-run.

The offense of hit-and-run causing injury refers to an act in which the perpetrator of a traffic accident, despite recognizing that the victim has been injured or killed as a result of the traffic accident, fails to take necessary measures such as immediately stopping and aiding the victim, and leaves the scene of the accident, making it impossible to determine who the driver that caused the accident was.

If a person causes a traffic accident, injures or kills a person, and flees, that person is punished for hit-and-run causing injury or hit-and-run causing death under the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, as well as for failure to take measures after an accident under the Road Traffic Act.

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If the victim is killed and the driver flees, or if the victim dies after the driver flees, the driver is subject to life imprisonment or imprisonment for not less than five years.

If the victim is injured, the driver is subject to imprisonment for a definite term of not less than one year or a fine of not less than 5 million won and not more than 30 million won.

If the driver who caused the accident moves the victim away from the scene of the accident, abandons the victim, and flees, the driver is subject to the following punishment.

1. If the victim is killed and the driver flees, or if the victim dies after the driver flees, the driver is subject to the death penalty, life imprisonment, or imprisonment for not less than five years.

2. If the victim is injured, the driver is subject to imprisonment for a definite term of not less than three years.

The attorney argued that, before this case, the client was a model and diligent student who had never been involved in even a single regrettable incident.

The attorney emphasized that, at the time of the accident, the client was greatly flustered by the first traffic accident he had ever experienced and fled almost involuntarily, without any malicious intent to conceal the facts of the offense.

The attorney argued that the client was making efforts to prevent reoffending and requested leniency.

The client regularly watches educational videos on how to respond when an accident occurs and has prepared a written pledge not to reoffend, making efforts never to commit such a mistake again.