▲ Electric scooter (File Photo)
An accident occurred in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, where a woman in her 60s was struck by a shared electric scooter driven by a middle schooler and fell into a stream.
Police and firefighting authorities stated that at around 4:40 PM yesterday (October 13), a shared electric scooter driven by a 14-year-old middle schooler, identified as A, struck a 60-year-old woman, identified as B, who was walking ahead of him on a walking path along a stream in Bokji-ri, Baekseok-eup, Yangju.
Due to the accident, B fell into the stream next to the walking path and was transported to a hospital after complaining of neck pain.
Police investigation results showed that at the time of the accident, A and B were moving in the same direction, and B was hit as the electric scooter approached from behind.
It was also revealed that A was operating the shared electric scooter without a license.
Police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident using nearby closed-circuit (CC)TV footage and other evidence.
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