Suddenly Cut Off by a Car... High School Senior Paralyzed from Neck Down for 6 Months After College Entrance Exam

Vehicle Driver Indicted Without Detention... Criminal Trial Underway

A vehicle cutting into the lane with a city bus in Jinju / Photo by Han Moon-cheol, YouTube Han Moon-cheol TV capture

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Lim Juhyung] In Jinju, Gyeongnam, a high school student on a city bus suffered severe injuries resulting in full-body paralysis after the bus collided with a vehicle that suddenly cut in.

On the 12th, a city bus CCTV video released on the YouTube channel 'Han Mooncheol TV' captured the moment a city bus in Jinju collided with another vehicle.

In the video, as the city bus carrying passengers starts moving, a vehicle driving in the adjacent lane turns on its turn signal and cuts into the lane where the bus was traveling, eventually causing a collision.

At the time of the accident, A, a third-year high school student, was diagnosed with total paralysis due to a broken cervical vertebra caused by the impact of the fall. / Photo by Han Moon-cheol TV on YouTube capture

Due to the impact, several passengers fell down, and A (then 19), a third-year high school student who was about to sit in the very back seat of the bus, was thrown forward to the front of the bus and hit the fare box.

The accident occurred around 5 p.m. on December 16 last year. A, who had taken the college entrance exam and completed university admission at the time, suffered a broken neck and was diagnosed with full-body paralysis, remaining bedridden for six months.

The CCTV video recorded 590,000 views by the 14th, two days after its release.

Meanwhile, the prosecution has indicted the driver of the vehicle that cut in beside the city bus without detention on charges of violating the Special Act on Traffic Accident Handling, and the trial is ongoing.

A's family appealed for severe punishment, claiming that "the driver who cut into the lane has never properly apologized, not even once visiting the hospital after the accident."

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