On the 10th of last month, police were conducting a drunk driving crackdown near Daerim Station in Seoul. [Image source=Yonhap News]

On the 10th of last month, police were conducting a drunk driving crackdown near Daerim Station in Seoul. [Image source=Yonhap News]

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] A driver extinguishing a fire on a fuel truck was hit by a drunk driver on the road after the fuel tank caught fire.


According to the Gangseo Police Station in Seoul on the 31st, driver A of the fuel truck noticed the fuel tank catching fire while driving on Olympic-daero towards Gimpo Airport around 8 p.m. the previous day and stopped in the lower lane. After getting out of the vehicle to put out the fire, A was hit by a following Grandeur passenger car. The truck driver is reported not to have sustained serious injuries.



Police investigation revealed that the blood alcohol concentration of the passenger car driver was at the license suspension level. The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident with the passenger car driver.


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