Electric Vehicle Catches Fire After Crashing Into Road Sign

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An electric vehicle has caught fire after crashing into a road sign on a street 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 on incidents and accidents, reported by Kim Bo-mi.

[Reporter]

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

At around 10:00 p.m. yesterday (July 10), an electric vehicle struck a road sign on a street near an apartment complex in Yeongjong-gu, Incheon.

The impact of the crash caused the vehicle to catch fire.

[Witness: I heard loud popping sounds, so I went outside. An electric vehicle had exploded in front of the apartment, and smoke was rising. The fire was coming from the bottom of the battery little by little...]

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 taken to a hospital.

Police do not believe the incident involved driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and are currently investigating the exact cause of the accident.

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Emergency responders are busy moving around a heavily damaged white vehicle.

At around 7:00 p.m. yesterday, a five-vehicle pileup, including a bus, occurred near the Seoul Tollgate on the Gyeongbu Expressway heading toward Seoul in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province.

It was determined that the chain reaction began when a vehicle driving in the second lane abruptly changed lanes to the third, causing other vehicles to collide while attempting to avoid it.

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

The accident left a man in his 40s, who was driving a car that struck the bus, with minor injuries, and he was transported to a hospital. Two lanes were blocked for about 40 minutes, causing traffic congestion during the evening rush hour.

(Video by Park Ji-in)
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