8 Vehicles Including Tour Bus and Remicon Collide Consecutively in Yeosu, Jeonnam... 10 Injured

At around 3:37 PM on the 6th, eight vehicles including a tour bus and a ready-mix concrete truck collided one after another at Ssangbong Intersection in Hakdong, Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-do, resulting in one person seriously injured and nine others injured. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] A traffic accident involving eight vehicles, including a tourist bus and a ready-mix concrete truck, occurred at an intersection in Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-do, injuring 10 people.

According to the Yeosu Police Station on the 6th, at around 3:37 PM that day, eight vehicles including a tourist bus and a ready-mix concrete truck collided one after another at the Ssangbong Intersection in Hakdong, Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-do. One person sustained serious injuries, and nine others were injured and transported to the hospital for treatment.

At the time of the accident, eight vehicles including the tourist bus, ready-mix concrete truck, and passenger cars collided in succession, turning the surrounding road into chaos.

The fire department deployed 23 personnel, including pump trucks and ambulances, to carry out rescue operations.

Previously, on the 15th of last month, a ready-mix concrete truck overturned at this location, hitting four vehicles and injuring three people.

The police are investigating the exact cause of the accident by interviewing witnesses, suspecting that a vehicle coming down the downhill road may have crashed into the vehicle ahead.

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