Three College Students Killed in Head-on Collision With Dump Truck Across Center Line

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Early yesterday morning (August 11), a collision occurred on a national highway in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, involving an SUV and a dump truck. Three people in their 20s inside the SUV died, and police are investigating the exact cause of the accident.

Reporter Bae Seong-jae has more.

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Early yesterday morning on a national highway in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province.

An SUV collided head-on with an oncoming large dump truck.

The impact triggered sparks and smoke at the time of the crash. CCTV footage near the scene captured both vehicles traveling at high speeds until just before the collision.

The accident happened around 4:50 AM in Samjuk-myeon, Anseong, when a vehicle driven by a man in his 20s, identified as A, crossed the center line and struck a 25.5-ton dump truck.

This is the scene where the accident took place.

The dump truck, struck by the vehicle that crossed the center line, came to a stop about 40 meters away from the point of impact.

[Woo Dong-gyu / Tow truck driver in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province: The dump truck driver was already unconscious and lying face down, and the front of the other vehicle was heavily and severely damaged...]

Three people in their 20s, including A and a man and a woman in the backseat, were all killed, while the truck driver, a man in his 60s, was taken to the hospital.

Police investigations revealed that A and his acquaintances were college students who were returning home after shooting a movie until early in the morning at a nearby film set.

The dump truck driver was confirmed not to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Police are also conducting an alcohol test on the deceased driver A and investigating the exact cause of the accident, including why the vehicle crossed the center line.

(Video reporting: Ha Ryung, Video editing: Park Chun-bae, Footage provided by viewer Song Young-hoon)
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