Youn Bum Lee, 42, a former Hyundai executive who was extradited from South Korea, has pleaded guilty to one count of felony vehicular manslaughter in connection with a fatal Orange County car accident in 2005. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, Lee fled to his home country after causing a car accident on October 19, 2005, which killed 23-year-old Ryan Dallas Cook. At the time of the accident Cook, a Fountain Valley resident, had been riding his motorcycle. Lee was apparently at a Hyundai party that night. His group first drank Korean rice wine and then moved the party to a karaoke bar where Lee consumed more alcohol before getting behind the wheel of his SUV.
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Former Hyundai Executive Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Manslaughter
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