Hyundai is Sued due to Employee's Drunk Driving Fatality

Beth Janicek

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In October 2005, Cook was driving his motorcycle when he slammed into Hyundai's employee, Youn Bum Lee's disabled vehicle. Six months after the wreck, Cook's family was finally provided the police report which stated Lee was driving and that investigators believed he had spent the evening drinking with Hyundai officials.

The lawsuit alleges that Hyundai Motor America officials helped Youn Bum Lee leave the country before he could be questioned by police.

Lee left the scene and was on a plane to his South Korea less than 24 hours after the wreck occurred.

Lee was charged last month in absentia with felony gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated; driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs with injury; and hit-and-run with injury or death.

Cook's family wants other Hyundai employees held criminally responsible for obstructing justice and being accessories after the fact.