Early Morning Highway Wrong-Way Driving, Head-On Collision with Truck Kills Man in His 70s

Police officers and firefighters are managing the scene of a fatal wrong-way driving accident on the Daejeon-Tongyeong Expressway.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] At 3:04 a.m. on the 17th, two vehicles collided head-on on the Tongyeong-Daejeon Expressway heading toward Tongyeong, resulting in one death and one injury.

According to the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency Highway Patrol, a passenger car driving in the wrong direction from Saengcho IC toward Daejeon collided head-on with a 5-ton wing body truck traveling normally toward Tongyeong near the Gyeongnam Hamyang Junction at 101.6 km.

As a result of the accident, a man in his 70s driving the wrong-way vehicle died, and a man in his 40s driving the truck was injured and transported to the hospital.

The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident.

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