2023-05-10 21:28:52
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An 8-year-old child crossing the crosswalk in front of the school was hit and killed by a bus turning right.
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The bus driver ignored the right turn signal and caused an accident, and the accident occurred even in a children’s sanctuary.
This is reporter Kim Se-young.
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An intersection in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do.
A city bus that was turning right is standing in the middle of the crosswalk.
Surprised bystanders gathered around, and fire engines were also dispatched.
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“There was a child under the bus, on the front wheel.” That’s how (report) came. “No consciousness or breathing,” “The child is vomiting,” and so on… ″
The 8-year-old child who was involved in the accident was taken to the hospital in an unconscious state, but eventually died.
The intersection where the accident occurred is a ‘Children’s Protection Zone’ with two elementary schools nearby, and it is one of only 13 right-turn traffic lights installed nationwide.
Police said at the time of the accident, the red light was on at the right turn signal and the green light was on at the pedestrian traffic light.
The child was crossing the crosswalk at the green light on the way home from school, and the bus driver hit the child while turning right at the red light.
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″Even though the buses here make driving tough. There were also cars that just went overboard.”
The bus driver is said to have stated during police interrogation that he “didn’t see the right turn signal.”
The police are investigating the case by indicting the article for violating the so-called ‘Minshik Act’, which is an aggravated punishment in the case of a child death accident in a school zone.
This is Kim Se-young from MBC News.
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