2023-06-16 09:55:09
80 people seriously injured, including a bus driver in his 60s and two middle school students seriously injured
2nd year middle school in Seoul… Accident two days ago in the third year of the same school
On the 16th, at the entrance of Donghongcheon IC in Seongsan-ri, Hwachon-myeon, Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon-do, an eight-fold collision involving a school trip group bus, truck, and car occurred, and the accident vehicle was stopped while being damaged. yunhap news
It has been revealed that a school trip bus and a truck collided seven times in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, injuring 80 people, attributable to the drowsy driving of a bus driver. Summarizing the explanations of the police and fire authorities on the 16th, at 1:26 pm on the same day, at the entrance of the East Hongcheon Interchange on Route 44 in the direction of Seoul, Seongsan-ri, Hwachon-myeon, Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon-do, three school busses, one car, and three trucks collided one following another. In the accident, 3 people, including the bus driver Amugae Cha (67) and students Amugae Jo (14) and Amugae Cheon (14) were seriously injured and 77 others received minor injuries, with a total of 80 people suffering minor or moderate injuries. There were 77 people on the tour bus that crashed, including second-year middle school students and teachers in Seoul who were on a field trip. The police secured a statement from the bus driver that he “drowsy” and is trying to determine the exact circumstances of the accident, assuming that the accident was caused by drowsy driving. They got into an accident while returning to Seoul following a school trip at a youth training center in Pyeongchang.
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