Pedestrian in His 30s Dies After Car Plows Onto Sidewalk; Driver Claims Sudden Unintended Acceleration

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This morning, July 14, a passenger car struck a bus and then plowed onto a sidewalk near Jeongja Station in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. A man in his 30s who was walking on the sidewalk died in the accident. The driver has claimed that the vehicle experienced sudden unintended acceleration.

Reporter Kim Gyu-ri has the story.

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A white passenger car is seen crossing the sidewalk and crashing into a bicycle storage area.

A yellow village bus, cordoned off by police tape, stands on the road, with debris from the damaged vehicle scattered everywhere.

A report was received around 6:50 a.m. today that a passenger car had struck a pedestrian at a village bus stop near Jeongja Station in Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province.

The car hit the rear of a stationary bus before continuing to plow onto the sidewalk.

[Bus Driver: I was dropping off and picking up passengers at the stop. Suddenly, there was a loud bang. The car just plunged into the area. I was flustered as it was my first time experiencing such an incident while driving a bus.]

A man in his 30s who was walking on the sidewalk at the time was struck by the vehicle. He was transported to a hospital in cardiac arrest but eventually passed away.

Fortunately, there were no passengers on the bus. The driver, a woman in her 50s identified as A, and a teenage girl who was in the car with her were also injured, but their injuries are not considered life-threatening.

Police stated that A was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the accident.

It is reported that A told the police, "The vehicle experienced sudden unintended acceleration at the time of the accident."

The police have booked A on charges of causing death under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Settlement of Traffic Accidents and are investigating the exact cause of the accident based on the vehicle's dashcam footage and nearby CCTV recordings.

(Video reporting: Yang Ji-hoon | Video editing: Choi Jin-hwa | Footage courtesy of Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters)
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.