An Octogenarian Driver Crashes into Yakult Electric Car Causing Explosion... 60s Woman and 2-Year-Old Granddaughter Killed

Firefighters are extinguishing an exploded Yakult electric vehicle. [Image source=Busan Police Agency]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, trainee reporter Hwang Du-yeol] An 80-year-old man driving a vehicle in a market alley collided with a Yakult electric car, causing an explosion that resulted in the deaths of a woman in her 60s and her 2-year-old granddaughter nearby.

Busan Police Agency announced on the 22nd that a chain collision accident occurred at the entrance of Paldo Market in Suyeong-gu, resulting in the deaths of a woman in her 60s and her granddaughter.

According to the police, at around 1:10 PM on the 22nd, Mr. A’s Grandeur vehicle first hit a parked Roche car nearby and then collided a second time with a Yakult electric car.

The electric car exploded for unknown reasons, and a woman in her 60s, presumed to be a pedestrian, died. The 2-year-old child who was with the grandmother was injured and urgently transported to the hospital but ultimately passed away.

It is presumed that the grandmother and granddaughter died from the direct impact of the Grandeur vehicle.

The police stated, “The 80-year-old male driver claims sudden unintended acceleration, and no alcohol was detected,” adding, “We have secured the vehicle’s black box to accurately determine the cause of the accident.”

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