[Anchor]
An electric vehicle caught fire after crashing into a road sign in Yeongjong-gu, Incheon. Meanwhile, near the Seoul Tollgate on the Gyeongbu Expressway, a five-vehicle pileup left one driver injured.
Here is the overnight news on incidents and accidents, reported by Kim Bo-mi.
[Reporter]
In the dark of night, a white vehicle stands next to a tilted road sign as firefighters continuously spray water toward it.
At around 10:00 p.m. yesterday (July 10), an electric vehicle crashed into a road sign on a road near an apartment complex in Yeongjong-gu, Incheon.
The impact of the crash caused the vehicle to catch fire.
[Witness: I heard popping sounds, so I went outside my house. An electric vehicle was exploding in front of the apartment, and smoke was coming out. The fire was starting from the bottom of the battery...]
The fire was extinguished in about 10 minutes, but the front of the vehicle and part of the road sign were damaged. The driver, a man in his 50s, sustained minor injuries and was transported to a hospital.
Police do not believe the incident involved driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and are currently investigating the exact cause of the accident.
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Emergency responders are busy moving around a heavily damaged white vehicle.
At around 7:00 p.m. yesterday, a five-vehicle pileup, including a bus, occurred near the Seoul Tollgate on the Gyeongbu Expressway in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, heading toward Seoul.
It was determined that the chain reaction began when a vehicle driving in the second lane abruptly changed lanes into the third, causing other vehicles to collide while trying to avoid it.
[Police Official: Another passenger car tried to avoid it and collided with a vehicle traveling in the fourth lane...]
The accident left a man in his 40s, who was driving a car that struck the bus, with minor injuries, and he was taken to a hospital. Two lanes were blocked for about 40 minutes, causing traffic congestion during the evening commute.
(Video Editing: Park Ji-in)
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