The wife of a U.S. soldier stationed in South Korea has been booked without detention for causing a hit-and-run car accident while driving under the influence of alcohol, police said Monday.

The unnamed woman allegedly swerved her Sonata sedan and rammed it into an SUV driving in the next lane around 9:50 p.m. on Friday in a residential area in Jamsil, southern Seoul, Songpa Police Station said.

After hitting the SUV, the woman drove away from the accident scene but was hunted down by the SUV driver, the driver was quoted by police as saying.

She was tested at the scene and found to have a blood alcohol concentration of 0.093 percent, a level which could lead to revocation of driver’s license, the police said.

During police questioning, the woman stated that she drank at home before driving to eat out with her friend, police said. 

(Yonhap News)