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Report: Jung Ho Kang Charged With DUI, Leaving the Scene of an Accident

According to Jeeho Yoo, Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang was arrested early on Friday morning for a DUI and leaving the scene of an accident. Yoo said in the second tweet below that Kang had a blood alcohol level of 0.084, which is well above the 0.05 local limit.

https://twitter.com/Jeeho_1/status/804470932098064384

https://twitter.com/Jeeho_1/status/804476589014544384

The accident happened at 2:48 AM local time in Korea, according to Daniel Kim. Sung Min Kim has additional details of the accident:

https://twitter.com/sung_minkim/status/804471457019367424

The Pirates are looking into the report and will issue a statement later tonight. We will post an update when one becomes available.