2023-05-11 10:49:06
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Yesterday we delivered the news that an elementary school student was hit and killed by a bus at the crosswalk in front of the school.
This time it was a school zone, and it was a right turn accident once more.
There was even a right turn signal at the place of the accident, but it was investigated that the bus also broke the signal.
The deceased elementary school student is Cho Eun-gyeol, 8 years old this year.
Cho’s parents revealed their son’s face and name, saying that such a tragedy should not be repeated.
Reporter Song Jeong-hoon went to the scene of the accident where citizens mourned.
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Yesterday followingnoon at an intersection in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do.
The moment the right turn signal turns red, a city bus enters the intersection and turns right.
Cho Eun-gyeol, a second grader in elementary school, who was crossing the crosswalk at a green light, was hit by this bus and passed away.
The day following the accident, chrysanthemum mourning the tragedy, dolls and snacks that Eun-gyeol would have loved were placed there.
At the scene of the accident, steps are continuing to commemorate the children who died like this.
[조병춘/추모 시민]
″It’s too bad. I am on my way following praying for my child to go to a good place and to go to a place where there are no cars and that he is well (staying).”
A handwritten letter was also attached to the traffic light.
The adults are sorry” “You must have been leaving school with a happy heart..”
Even the fence of the construction site near the intersection is filled with memorial messages from citizens.
Even in front of the portrait of Eungyeol, the third son, smiling brightly, it is hard for parents to believe.
It was the day I emptied my usual breakfast and went to school.
[고 조은결 군 아버지]
″Depending on the day, I rubbed a lot of fried eggs and ate well, and went very well. I did things I wouldn’t normally do and went to school. It was so unique… ″
″If you cross the street by obeying the signal and suffer such terrible things, what use is the child protection area?″ she protests.
[고 조은결 군 아버지]
″I saw the scene of the accident. It looked like it was in too much pain. What would you do if there was a ‘Min-Sik Law’, and cases keep popping up… ″
The bus driver who caused the accident was arrested on charges of dangerous driving in a children’s protection zone, that is, violating the Minsik Act.
This is MBC News Song Jeong-hoon.
Video coverage: Choi In-gyu / Video editing: Kwon Ji-eun
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