"What Just Happened?"... Car Crashes with a Bang and Plunges into Swimming Pool

Eight Swimmers Present at Time of Accident

Major Disaster Averted

At around 10:20 a.m. on May 16, at the Hanam Sports Center in Hanam-eup, Miryang, Gyeongnam Province, a passenger car driven by a woman in her 70s, referred to as Ms. A, crashed into a first-floor glass window of the building, sped inside, and then plunged into the basement swimming pool.

CCTV footage of a passenger car falling into a swimming pool. Provided by Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency / Yonhap News Agency

The vehicle overturned after falling into the pool, and swimming patrons at the scene immediately began a rescue operation to help the driver.

According to an eyewitness, "Male swimmers pulled the driver out of the vehicle, which had sunk underwater, and then an instructor performed CPR."

Responding to the report, 119 emergency rescue personnel transported two individuals to the hospital: the driver, who was conscious but complained of chest pain, and a woman in her 50s who appeared to have been injured by broken glass fragments.

It is reported that there were about eight people in the pool at the time of the accident. However, as the vehicle landed away from where people were swimming, there were no multiple casualties.

Based on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage from the sports center and other evidence, police believe that Ms. A was attempting to reverse her vehicle to return home after swimming, collided with another car, then crashed through the sports center's glass window and fell into the pool.

The driver reportedly told police that she has no recollection of the incident.

Police stated that the driver was neither under the influence of alcohol nor driving without a license.

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