Passenger Car Changing Lanes on Namhae Expressway Collides with Truck and SUV in Succession... 4 Casualties

A vehicle collision occurred near the Jinyeong Rest Area on the Namhae Expressway in Jinyeong-eup, Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam.
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A vehicle collision occurred on the road towards Busan near the Jinyeong Rest Area on the Namhae Expressway in Jinyeong-eup, Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam, resulting in 4 casualties.

According to the Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency Highway Patrol, at around 6:40 a.m. on the 10th, a passenger car traveling in the 3rd lane on the Busan-bound road near Jinyeong Rest Area moved into the 4th lane and collided with a 25-ton truck traveling in the 4th lane.

As a result of the collision, the passenger car was bounced into the 2nd lane, where it collided again with a sports utility vehicle (SUV) traveling there.

Among the three people in the passenger car, a foreign woman in her 50s was seriously injured and transported to the hospital, but she died en route.

The passenger car driver, another passenger, and the SUV driver sustained minor injuries.

The accident caused about a 2 km traffic jam on the road for approximately 30 minutes.

The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident based on witness statements and nearby closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage.

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