Unlicensed Teen Crashes into Friend's Car While Driving Late at Night

Vehicle damaged in an accident caused by an unlicensed teenage driver. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Jumi Lee] A teenager driving without a license caused an accident by crashing into a vehicle driven by a friend.

According to the Incheon Western Police Station on the 29th, at around 2:05 a.m. that day, an Avante vehicle driven by A (18) collided with a BMW vehicle driven by his friend B (19) on a road in Yeonhui-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon.

As a result of the accident, A and a passenger (15, female) were injured and transported to a nearby hospital. Two others, B and a passenger (17, female) in the BMW vehicle, were also injured and taken to the hospital.

It was investigated that A was driving the Avante without a license on a four-lane one-way road and crashed into the BMW vehicle traveling in the third lane in the same direction.

B, who was driving the BMW, was confirmed to have a driver's license. At the time of the accident, both vehicles were traveling from Cheongna International City in Seo-gu, Incheon, toward Gyeongseo Samgeori.

A was driving the family vehicle of the female passenger, and B was driving his father's vehicle when the accident occurred. The police have booked A on charges of injury under the Special Act on Traffic Accident Handling and plan to investigate the exact circumstances of the accident.

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