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SUV Crashes into Pedestrians in Front of Gangnam Club, Leaving 5 Injured


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A drunk driving incident in Gangnam, Seoul, has left five people injured after a vehicle plowed into pedestrians. In Incheon, an 11-ton truck crashed into vehicles waiting at a traffic light, injuring multiple people.

Reporter Park Jae-yeon brings us the overnight incidents and accidents.

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A white car crosses lanes and charges straight toward the sidewalk.

People then gather around the vehicle as it comes to a stop.

At around 10:40 p.m. yesterday (September 12), an SUV struck people standing on the roadside on a road in front of a club in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

The accident left five people injured, including a man in his 20s who sustained serious injuries, with four transported to a hospital.

[Oh Do-young / Eyewitness: A person was trapped under the car and rolled several times, getting run over by the tire inside the car.]

According to police investigations, the blood alcohol concentration of the driver, a woman in her 30s identified as A, was at a level subject to license suspension.

Police have booked Ms. A on charges including drunk driving and are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident.

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The front of a truck is severely damaged, and the rear of a passenger car is so heavily crushed that its original shape is unrecognizable.

At around 8:40 p.m. yesterday, an 11-ton truck crashed into vehicles waiting at a traffic light at Gyeongseo Intersection in Seohae-gu, Incheon.

The accident vehicle collided with preceding cars one after another, damaging a total of 10 vehicles, including one motorcycle.

Five people were injured in the accident and taken to the hospital.

The truck driver, a man in his 40s, is reportedly stated during police questioning that he had been dozing off while driving.

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At around 10:50 p.m. yesterday, a fire broke out in a parked vehicle at the parking lot of Terminal 1 at Incheon International Airport.

Firefighters dispatched following a report extinguished the flames in about 10 minutes, and there were no casualties.

(Video Editing: Wi Won-yang | Footage provided by viewers Oh Do-young, Song Young-hoon, and Yang Jeong-hun)

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