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Yesterday (15) afternoon in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, two people, including the driver and party member, who were riding on the campaign bus of candidate Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party, were killed in an accident.
Police believe the accident was caused by a carbon monoxide leak.
The People’s Party has decided to temporarily suspend Ahn’s election campaign.
Reporter Kim Kwang-yeon reports.
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Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party.
A 45-seater bus is equipped with an LED display that can transmit candidate logos and promotional videos.
Yesterday (15) at around 5:20 pm, two men, a bus driver in their 50s and a local election chairperson in their 60s, were found unconscious in this vehicle, which was stopped near the Cheonan Terminal in Chungnam, and were taken to the hospital, but eventually died.
[경찰 관계자]
“The driver reported to the police box in the city that he could not be reached, and when I went to the front of the terminal… I opened the (bus) door and went in. The two were unconscious and were rushed to the hospital.”
It is believed that carbon monoxide leaked from the self-generator that was running in the luggage compartment to operate the LED signboard installed on the bus and suffocated.
In Wonju, Gangwon-do, the driver fell in critical condition in a similar accident and is being treated at the hospital.
[최진석 / 국민의당 상임선대위원장]
“The company said that if you turn on the LED through the generator on the bus, you have to open the door because carbon monoxide is generated.
Candidate Ahn Cheol-soo hurriedly visited the burial place to express his condolences, and the People’s Party completely stopped the campaign schedule and started to settle the situation.
[안철수 / 국민의당 대선 후보]
“The people who helped us have suffered such an unexpected accident, and it is really disappointing. We will do everything we can to solve the accident.”
The police and the Ministry of Employment and Labor, etc. will check the presence of residual carbon monoxide in the bus and request an autopsy from the National Forensic Service to reveal the exact cause of the accident.
The female and female presidential campaigns all at once expressed their condolences to the deceased, and today (16) decided to conduct a limited campaign or stop the campaign in the area.
This is Kim Kwang-yeon from MBC News.
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