At around 8:55 a.m. on the 21st, an express bus traveling inside the Suriti Tunnel on the Dangjin-Yeongdeok Expressway in Suhan-myeon, Boeun-gun, Chungbuk, collided with a 15-passenger van ahead of it.


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As a result of the accident, 2 of the 11 passengers in the van died, and 1 was transported to the hospital in a state of cardiac arrest. Four were seriously injured, and the remaining four sustained minor injuries. On the bus, which was carrying 26 passengers, two people including the driver A (in his 60s) suffered minor injuries.



Those in the van were reportedly on an outing when the accident occurred. The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident, believing that the bus failed to see the line of vehicles stopped inside the tunnel and caused the collision.


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