A minimum of 9 individuals have been killed and 4 others have been injured when a automotive struck pedestrians close to Seoul metropolis corridor on Monday, police stated.
There have been six fatalities on the scene, whereas three others have been pronounced lifeless after being rushed to hospital, firefighter Kim Chun-soo stated.
South Korea’s Yonhap information company reported {that a} 68-year-old driver crashed into individuals who have been ready at a visitors sign. He was driving within the flawed course and hit two different autos earlier than ploughing into the pedestrians, Yonhap stated.
A person was detained by police over the incident, stated Kim Suk-hwan, security and transport director on the metropolis’s Jung-gu district workplace. Investigations are underway to find out if medicine or alcohol have been concerned, in addition to whether or not the lethal incident was brought on by unintentional acceleration, Kim stated.
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon described “a really unhappy accident” as he visited the crash web site, in line with metropolis authorities. He additionally ordered officers to “take the victims to the hospital shortly and totally establish the reason for the accident”. Lethal transport accidents with a number of casualties are uncommon in South Korea, which usually has well-maintained roads and autos.
