"Loud Crash Followed by Another a Second Later"... Three Sanitation Workers Heading to Work Killed in Tragedy

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Early this morning (August 19), a garbage truck and a dump truck collided in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, resulting in the deaths of three sanitation workers on their way to work. Flashing signals were operating at the intersection at the time of the accident.

Reporter Kim Nak-seong from TBC has the details.

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Around 4:00 AM today, at an intersection in Yeongcheon where flashing signals were blinking.

A 6-ton garbage truck entering the intersection to make a left turn collides head-on with a 25トン dump truck traveling straight.

The front part of the garbage truck was completely torn apart and shattered, while the dump truck also lost its balance and overturned to the left.

Due to the impact of the crash, the front sections of both the garbage truck and the dump truck were crushed beyond recognition.

Nearby residents woke up startled by a sudden, loud roar in the early morning hours.

[Yoo Gi-hyung / Accident Witness: There was a huge crash, a loud sound even louder than thunder. It didn't just happen once; there was a bang, and then another bang a second later, happening twice.]

The accident claimed the lives of three sanitation workers aboard the garbage truck, including two individuals in their 60s and one in their 40s.

The deceased workers belonged to a waste collection agency contracted by Yeongcheon City and were on their way to a household waste incineration plant.

The 50-year-old male driver of the dump truck was also seriously injured and transported to a hospital, and it was confirmed that he was not driving under the influence.

In the wake of the accident, dirt carried by the dump truck spilled across the road, and two parked cars and a nearby steel pillar were damaged.

[Park Jin-joo / Nearby Resident: The front part of the vehicle was over there, a person had collapsed in the middle, and a car was overturned in the back.]

Yeongcheon City stated that it had instructed the outsourced waste collection company to begin waste collection from 6:00 AM if possible, and that it is currently investigating the exact circumstances.

Police are investigating the exact cause of the accident by analyzing nearby CCTV footage and vehicle black boxes.

(Video by: Park Jong-young, Kim Do-yoon / TBC)

Kim Nak-seong, TBC
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