"Shocked when I went outside"... Electric vehicle explosion at night terrifies residents

[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, reported by Kim Bo-mi.

[Reporter]

In the dark of night, a white car sits next to a tilted road sign as firefighters continuously spray water toward the vehicle.

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 and saw that an electric car had exploded 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 circumstances of the accident.

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Emergency responders are seen moving busily around a heavily damaged white vehicle.

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 lane, causing other vehicles to collide while trying to avoid it.

[Police Official: Another passenger car tried to avoid it and then collided with a vehicle traveling in the fourth lane...]

The accident resulted in a man in his 40s, who was driving a car that struck the bus, sustaining minor injuries and being taken to a hospital. Two lanes were closed for about 40 minutes, causing traffic congestion during the evening commute.

(Video Editing: Park Ji-in)
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