American charged in drunk driving
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May 12, 2012, Saturday
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A United States citizen was criminally charged yesterday in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for injuring a pedestrian while driving under the influence of alcohol.
The Baotou Municipal People's Procuratorate identified the American as Peck Guy Edward, an English teacher at the Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology.
He is alleged to have borrowed a mini-bus from a friend after drinking in the small hours of March 3. He hit a pedestrian at a crossroads before fleeing, officials said.
Edward told the police that he left the accident site because he feared he could not communicate with the injured person in Chinese.
He said he contacted an interpreter to accompany him back to the site 40 minutes afterwards, but the injured person was at the hospital with a broken leg.
Edward turned himself in to police at 2:35am, at which point the level of alcohol in his system was found to be 105.1 miligrams per 100 mililiters of blood.
China amended its Criminal Law on May 1 last year so that it now stipulates that all drunk driving, regardless of whether there is an accident, constitutes a criminal offence.
Drivers with a blood-alcohol level over 20 mg per 100 ml are considered in breach of the law, and can lead to a prison term, according to the law.
The Baotou Municipal People's Procuratorate identified the American as Peck Guy Edward, an English teacher at the Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology.
He is alleged to have borrowed a mini-bus from a friend after drinking in the small hours of March 3. He hit a pedestrian at a crossroads before fleeing, officials said.
Edward told the police that he left the accident site because he feared he could not communicate with the injured person in Chinese.
He said he contacted an interpreter to accompany him back to the site 40 minutes afterwards, but the injured person was at the hospital with a broken leg.
Edward turned himself in to police at 2:35am, at which point the level of alcohol in his system was found to be 105.1 miligrams per 100 mililiters of blood.
China amended its Criminal Law on May 1 last year so that it now stipulates that all drunk driving, regardless of whether there is an accident, constitutes a criminal offence.
Drivers with a blood-alcohol level over 20 mg per 100 ml are considered in breach of the law, and can lead to a prison term, according to the law.
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