Teenager Causes Traffic Accident While Driving Without a License... 4 Injured or Dead

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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Sung-yeol] A teenager driving without a license caused a traffic accident in an underground road in Gwangju, resulting in one death and three injuries. The unlicensed teenage driver was booked by the police.

On the 5th, the Gwangju Western Police Station announced that at around 3:31 PM on the 4th, on a two-lane one-way road near the exit of Nongsung Underground Road in Nongsung-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju, a collision occurred between an Equus vehicle driven by A (17) and a Grandeur vehicle driven by B (55, female) coming from the opposite direction.

As a result of the accident, C (17), who was sitting in the front passenger seat of the Equus, was seriously injured and transported to the hospital but died. The driver A and passenger D (18) sustained minor injuries. B suffered serious injuries and underwent surgery at a university hospital.

At the time of the accident, the vehicles were unable to enter the underground road, causing severe traffic congestion.

The police booked A for charges of causing death and injury under the Special Act on Traffic Accident Handling for driving without a license.

The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident, noting that A changed lanes and crossed the center line.

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