Elementary School Student Dies 4 Days After 'Swing Car' Accident in Seosan

An elementary school student who was struck and trapped by a passenger car in an apartment complex in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, has tragically passed away four days after the accident.

According to the Seosan Police Station and other authorities, the 8-year-old boy, identified as A, who had been receiving treatment after being rescued from being trapped under a car in an apartment complex in Mujang-ri, Jigok-myeon, Seosan, died at approximately 10:00 p.m. last night, four days after the accident.

The incident occurred around 2:00 p.m. on June 28, when boy A and his friend B, also 8 years old, were riding swing cars in the apartment complex and were struck by an oncoming passenger car.

Following the accident, boy A was rescued in a state of cardiac arrest and transported to a hospital. Boy B was also taken to a hospital with head injuries, but it was reported that his life was not in danger.

Although it was initially misreported that boy A had died while in cardiac arrest, it was later revealed that medical staff had managed to revive his heartbeat through persistent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before he underwent emergency brain surgery.

Police investigation revealed that the children were riding their swing cars down a road within the apartment complex when they collided with the passenger car entering an intersection.

The police, viewing the incident as an accident caused by a failure to fulfill the duty of safe driving, have booked the driver of the passenger car, a woman in her 50s, on charges of violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Settlement of Traffic Accidents and are investigating the exact circumstances.

Reported by Kim Minjeong | Video by Lee Dain | Graphics by Yook Dohyun | Produced by SBS Digital News
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