Ambulance-BMW Collision in Cheonan Seo... 70s Patient's Guardian Dies

Six Injured Including Three Paramedics Receiving Hospital Treatment
"Whether Ambulance Is Exempt from Liability Needs Investigation"

A patient guardian who was riding in an ambulance transporting a patient died in an accident where the ambulance collided with a passenger car at an intersection in Cheonan, Chungnam.

At around 10:52 PM on the 21st, an ambulance and a BMW passenger car collided at an intersection in Buldang-dong, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam. As a result of this accident, a guardian in their 70s who was riding in the ambulance to accompany her husband to the hospital died.

Ambulance involved in the accident. [Photo by Cheonan Seobuk Police Station]

In addition, six people including three paramedics, one patient being transported, and two passengers in the passenger car are receiving hospital treatment for injuries.

According to the police, at the time of the accident, the passenger car driver was going straight on a green light when the ambulance, which violated the signal, hit the side of the passenger car at the intersection. The exact circumstances of the accident, including whether the passenger car driver was speeding, are currently under investigation.

A police official stated, "There are exemption or mitigation regulations for emergency vehicles, but whether they apply will be determined after investigation."

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