Bus Plows Into 32 Vehicles in Seongnam, South Korea: 57 Injured, Nine Seriously; Driver Cites Brake Failure
A serious road accident occurred in the Bundang Ward of Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, at 7:34 a.m. on November 11: a city bus plowed into vehicles waiting at a junction during the morning rush hour, striking 32 vehicles and injuring 57 people, nine of them seriously and 48 with minor injuries. None of the injuries was reported to be life-threatening.
According to Yonhap News Agency and the Gyeonggi Province fire department, the bus, driven by a man in his 60s, struck four other buses, a cargo truck and 27 passenger cars in the Yatap-dong area, traveling about 100 to 150 meters before hitting a road barrier and stopping. The National Fire Agency deployed 88 emergency personnel and 33 vehicles and set up an emergency medical station at the scene.
The driver told police the brakes had failed; his alcohol test was negative. Police are investigating the exact cause, including whether the braking system malfunctioned.
Seongnam, a city of nearly 900,000 people just south of Seoul, was in the middle of the morning commute when the crash happened, and Bundang is one of its main residential and commuter districts.
Source: Yonhap News Agency
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 韩国城南市一辆市内公交车（资料图）。图：Hyolee2，CC BY-SA 3.0，经维基共享资源 / A Seongnam city bus in South Korea (file photo). Photo by Hyolee2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
