Bus crashes into people in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, killing 1 and injuring 17 – Xinhuanet
Xinhua News Agency, Seoul, December 22 (Reporter Feng Yasong) A bus hit people in Suwon City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea on the 22nd, causing at least one death and 17 injuries, including two serious injuries.
According to Yonhap News Agency, at about 1:27 pm on the 22nd local time, a bus dropped off passengers near platform 12 of the Suwon Railway Station Transfer Center and suddenly rushed towards the crosswalk and pedestrians on the sidewalk until it hit the platform pillar. Then it stopped. The accident resulted in the death of a woman in her 70s. The injured included the bus driver and passengers on the bus, all of whom have been sent to hospital for treatment.
It is reported that the vehicle involved in the accident was an electric bus, and there were no problems with the vehicle’s steering and braking devices at the time of the accident.
According to local police, the driver of the bus was a woman in her 50s who did not drink alcohol that day. Police said the driver was too frightened to give a full account of the incident. The police and fire departments will further investigate the cause of the accident.
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2023-12-22 10:32:27
