A 50-Year-Old Pedestrian Heading to Convenience Store Part-Time Job Killed by Vehicle Crashing onto Sidewalk

Driver Claims "Accident Caused by Sudden Acceleration"

A woman in her 50s walking on a pedestrian road during the morning commute was hit and killed by a passenger car that came speeding from behind.

According to Yonhap News Agency citing the announcement from the Suwon Nambu Police Station in Gyeonggi Province on the 7th, "At around 7:05 a.m. that day, a foreign-made sports utility vehicle (SUV) driven by a man in his 60s, Mr. A, rushed onto a pedestrian road in a residential area of Mangpo-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon City, and struck a woman in her 50s, Ms. B, who was walking."

Accident scene. [Image source=Yonhap News·Reader]

After the accident, the vehicle failed to reduce speed and hit a nearby utility pole before coming to a stop. Ms. B was transported to the hospital in cardiac arrest but ultimately passed away. It was investigated that Ms. B was on her way to work at a convenience store when the accident occurred.

The driver, Mr. A, and his passenger, his wife, sustained minor injuries and are receiving hospital treatment. Due to the shock from the accident, they have not yet undergone a formal police investigation. It is known that Mr. A was not under the influence of alcohol at the time and claims the accident was caused by sudden unintended acceleration.

CCTV footage from the time of the accident shows Mr. A’s vehicle rapidly approaching from behind Ms. B, who was walking with an umbrella, and striking her. The vehicle then swerved to the right, colliding sideways with a parked passenger car by the roadside, and subsequently hitting a utility pole.

The police have formally charged Mr. A with violating the Special Act on Traffic Accident Handling (causing death) and plan to request analysis of the event data recorder (EDR), CCTV, and black box footage from the National Forensic Service.

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