3-Year-Old Boy Seriously Injured After Being Dragged Dozens of Meters While Caught Under School Bus in Child Protection Zone

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Following the incident on the 4th, another serious accident involving a child being injured by a child protection vehicle has occurred.

According to the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency on the 13th, at around 9:07 a.m. on the 12th, a 3-year-old boy, A, was caught in a school shuttle vehicle and dragged several tens of meters on the street in front of a daycare center in Gaegum-dong, Busanjin-gu. The accident happened as the shuttle vehicle arrived at the daycare center, all the children had disembarked, and the vehicle was departing.

Boy A was caught on the right rear bumper of the vehicle and dragged several tens of meters. Teachers who witnessed the scene chased the vehicle and stopped it.

Boy A was immediately taken to the emergency room by the shuttle vehicle and is currently receiving treatment for serious injuries including head hemorrhage, multiple fractures, and bruises.

The accident site is a designated child protection zone, and the police are investigating the vehicle driver, a man in his 60s named B, on suspicion of violating the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes.

A police official stated, “B was booked to investigate why boy A got caught on the rear bumper of the vehicle,” adding, “Details cannot be disclosed as the investigation is ongoing.”

Previously, on the 4th, a 3-year-old child was fatally struck by a kindergarten shuttle bus, a child protection vehicle, in an apartment complex in Haeundae-gu, Busan.

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