In Yangsan, Gyeongnam, Pfizer Vaccine Transport Vehicle Collides with Escort Car... No Vaccine Damage Reported
Pfizer vaccines arriving at Incheon Airport on September 2nd, awaiting transportation. /Photo by Mun Ho-nam munonam@
View original image[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] An accident occurred where a vehicle transporting Pfizer vaccines collided with an escort vehicle protecting it. Fortunately, there were no casualties or damage to the vaccines.
According to the police on the 1st, at around 9:10 a.m. that day, a military vehicle escorting COVID-19 vaccines toward Ungsang collided with a refrigerated truck carrying vaccines ahead of it in Beopgi Tunnel, Dong-myeon, Yangsan-si, Gyeongnam.
The vehicle carrying the vaccines had departed from Icheon, Gyeonggi-do at around 5 a.m. that day and was transporting Pfizer vaccines to about 20 hospitals in the Yangsan area.
The vaccines were safely delivered to the hospitals using a backup vehicle.
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The police are investigating the cause of the accident, noting that cleaning work was underway inside the tunnel causing vehicles to slow down, and the escort vehicle failed to reduce speed in time.
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