Dump Truck Crashes into Sound Barrier, Debris Injures Three

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Last night, in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, a dump truck driving on an overpass collided consecutively with a passenger car and a sound barrier. Debris from the sound barrier fell below the overpass, striking passing vehicles and leaving three people injured.

Reporter Kim Taewon has the details from the scene.

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A passenger car waits at a red light at an intersection beneath an overpass when sand suddenly cascades onto the vehicle.

As soil and debris pour onto a taxi in the adjacent lane, passengers struggle to exit their vehicles.

At around 7 p.m. yesterday, a 25-ton dump truck crashed into a passenger car and a sound barrier on the Pyeongchon Overpass of the Greater Seoul Ring Expressway in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province.

The impact of the crash shattered the sound barrier, sending debris raining down onto vehicles passing underneath the overpass.

[Kang Sungho / Anyang, Gyeonggi Province: At first, it sounded like a bomb exploding, followed by a sound like a building collapsing.]

[Jeon Jaemun / Driver of a vehicle hit by debris: Things like sand poured forward, the rear wheels of the car lifted up, and it felt all of a sudden like a war had broken out.]

The accident injured a taxi driver in his 60s and a passenger in their 20s, while the 60-year-old truck driver, identified as A, was transported to a hospital after complaining of pelvic pain.

In addition, three vehicles suffered punctured tires after running over fragments of the sound barrier.

Traffic on nearby roads was partially restricted to handle the accident, and heavy equipment was mobilized to clear away the wreckage of the sound barrier.

Police and fire authorities believe that truck driver A, while driving in the second lane of the overpass, collided with a passenger car in the third lane before crashing into the sound barrier, and are currently investigating the exact cause of the accident.

(Video by Yang Jihoon | Video Editing by Shin Seeun | Courtesy of Gyeonggi Provincial Disaster and Safety Headquarters)
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