Former Baseball Star Jang Received-sam Apologizes After Drunk Driving Incident and Publicizes Departure from Broadcast Position

On the 18th, Jang Received-sam posted a protracted message on his SNS account, saying, “I sincerely bow my head in apology.”

Jang Received-sam admitted, “It’s true that I brought on an accident because of drunk driving as reported. There isn’t a room for excuses,” and added, “I want to thank those that suffered yesterday’s accident due to me , their households, acquaintances, followers, and the broadcasting employees, coaches, and gamers showing presently, I apologize for inflicting hurt and anxiousness to all my followers.”

Jang Received-sam stated that the accident was attributable to driving with starvation. The reason is that on the sixteenth, the day earlier than the accident, he met with an acquaintance in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, had drinks for the primary to 3rd spherical, and returned residence by taxi early within the morning of the seventeenth.

Afterwards, he stated he had a gathering in Busan on the seventeenth, so he drove out round midday and crashed.

Jang Received-sam stated, “I did not drink and drive on the day of the accident, but when I nonetheless had a hangover, I ought to have referred to as a taxi or used public transport, however I drank the day earlier than as an alternative’ the day and I bought sufficient sleep, so I bought behind the wheel and brought on the accident with the complacency pondering it could be tremendous.” he defined.

He additionally introduced his intention to depart the present broadcast. Jang Received-sam stated, “I sincerely apologize as soon as once more to all of the members and followers of Kangang Baseball, and it’s proper for me to take duty by voluntarily leaving the corporate.”

In accordance with the police, Jang Received-sam was backing onto a street in Gwangan-dong, Suyeong-gu, Busan round 1pm on the seventeenth when the automotive behind him hit. Wonsam Jang’s blood alcohol stage on the time was stated to be at a stage that might have resulted within the revocation of his driver’s license.

Jang Received-sam joined the Hyundai Unicorns in 2006 and performed as a pitcher for Samsung, LG, and Lotte earlier than retiring in 2020.

Digital Information Staff Reporter Yuna Lee

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