Police officer mistakenly kills woman she was sent to help

(Illustration by Park Ji-young/The Korea Herald) An Incheon police officer is under criminal investigation Friday for a fatal mistake she made while on duty, when she ran over a collapsed citizen she was sent to help.Officials at the Incheon Michuhol Police Station said the officer in her 20s is accused of death resulting from a traffic accident.The officer was dispatched after receiving a report that a woman in her 60s had collapsed and was lying in the road.She ran over the woman with her patrol car at around 12:45 a.m., Friday.The officer told police that she did not see the victim. Police said the streets were dark, and the accident occurred at a point near a left turn in the road.Officials said they will analyze the surveillance footage and conduct a further investigation to decide whether or not to request an arrest warrant.A police sergeant who was in the passenger seat at the time is not likely to be punished, officials added.

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