K League Sangmu Football Team Van Collides with Truck... 5 Players Injured

Commemorative photo of Sangju Sangmu Football Club players.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] In Sangju, Gyeongbuk, a van carrying the K League 1 Sangmu football team collided with a truck, injuring nine people including five players.

According to the Sangju Police Station in Gyeongbuk on the 29th, at around 11:06 a.m. that day, a van carrying Sangmu football team players and staff collided with a 1-ton truck in Yunjik-ri, Hamchang-eup, Sangju City.

As a result of the accident, nine people including five Sangmu football team players and one staff member in the van, and three truck occupants were injured and transported to a nearby hospital. The players in the van included Sangmu football team aces Oh Sehun and Jeon Sejin, as well as Kim Boseop, Lee Dongsu, and Lee Sanggi. Fortunately, there were no serious injuries reported.

About 40 members of the Sangmu football team were divided between a large bus and a van, on their way to the Sangju Seongmo Hospital screening clinic to undergo testing for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). All players must undergo COVID-19 testing ahead of the K League opening on the 8th of next month.

The police are investigating the detailed circumstances of the accident based on the Sangmu football team’s explanation that the truck struck the van, which was traveling straight from Mungyeong toward Sangju.

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