Pedestrian Killed After Car Plows Into Sidewalk Near Jeongja Station; Driver Claims Sudden Unintended Acceleration

A Mercedes-Benz passenger car driven by a woman in her 50s, identified as A, plowed into a sidewalk near Exit 1 of Jeongja Station on the Suin-Bundang Line in Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, at 6:50 a.m. today (July 14).

A man in his 30s who was on the sidewalk was transported by paramedics in a state of cardiac arrest but later died.

The driver, A, and a teenage passenger were also injured and have been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Their injuries are reportedly not life-threatening.

The accident occurred when the vehicle, which was traveling in the fifth lane of a five-lane road from Migeum Station toward Jeongja Station, struck the rear of a local bus stopped in front of a bus stop on the right before veering onto the sidewalk.

Police dispatched to the scene measured the driver's blood alcohol concentration and confirmed that she was not under the influence of alcohol.

It has been reported that A claimed to police that the vehicle experienced sudden unintended acceleration.

Police have booked A on charges of causing death under the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Settlement of Traffic Accidents and plan to investigate the exact circumstances of the accident once she completes her medical treatment.

(Photo: Provided by Gyeonggi Fire and Disaster Headquarters, Yonhap News)
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