Firefighter Family Rescues Person by Breaking Truck Window After Overturn in Tunnel

1t Truck Overturns Inside Highway Tunnel
Rescue, First Aid, and Slow Driving Guidance Provided

A firefighter and his family, who witnessed an overturned truck in a tunnel while on vacation, tore off the glass window to rescue the driver.

According to the Gangwon Provincial Fire Headquarters on the 20th, firefighter Inpyo Lee (32) of the Hoengseong 119 Safety Center was traveling with his two older sisters to Ganghwa Island by car around 9:40 a.m. on the 15th when he witnessed a 1-ton truck overturned in a tunnel on the Dongseoul-bound side of the 2nd Jungbu Expressway.

Firefighter Lee confirmed that surrounding vehicles were slowing down and judged that it was not highly dangerous to get out of the car, so he parked his vehicle behind the overturned truck and approached the driver.

Fortunately, the driver was conscious but had injuries on his elbows and knees caused by glass shards, making it difficult to move. Additionally, the impact from the truck overturning made it impossible to open the door.

Then, Firefighter Lee asked his eldest sister to guide the cars behind to slow down, grabbed rescue gloves from the car trunk, tore off the front windshield of the truck, and rescued the driver.

He asked his younger sister to call 119. However, since the accident occurred inside the tunnel, the exact location was unclear. Therefore, Firefighter Lee stopped an intercity bus entering the tunnel to ask for the location, and his younger sister relayed this information to 119.

Firefighter Lee’s sisters disinfected the truck driver’s wounds with emergency supplies they had in the car and reassured him. It was also reported that they provided first aid to another traffic accident victim about 50 meters away from the accident site.

Later, the Gyeonggi Fire Department arrived at the scene, and the driver was safely transported to a nearby hospital. The Gyeonggi Fire Department reportedly praised Firefighter Lee’s family for their efforts to the Gangwon Fire Department. Firefighter Lee said, "I just did what anyone should do," adding, "Anyone who saw the situation would have acted the same way."

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