World · East Asia & Pacific · 2 hrs ago
Three-vehicle crash on Yeongdong Expressway kills two, injures three
Three vehicles collided on the Yeongdong Expressway early on Oct.
24.
The crash happened in Hoengseong County, in South Korea’s Gangwon Province.
Two people died and three were injured in the collision.
The vehicles crashed one after another, according to the information available.
The reported toll is five people killed or injured.
No further details about the cause or what happens next were provided.
A three-vehicle crash on the Yeongdong Expressway in Hoengseong, Gangwon Province, killed two people and injured three.
The crash happened at about 2:20 a.m. on Oct. 24.
The two people killed were a man in his 70s and a woman in her 60s riding in an Orlando.
Three injured people were taken to nearby hospitals.
Traffic toward Gangneung was fully stopped for more than 30 minutes.
- Who
- Two Orlando passengers, a man in his 70s and a woman in her 60s, died. Three people were injured.
- What
- Three vehicles crashed in a series of collisions.
- When
- About 2:20 a.m. on Oct. 24.
- Where
- The Gangneung-bound Yeongdong Expressway at kilometer 141.5 in Beopju-ri, Ucheon-myeon, Hoengseong County, Gangwon Province.
- Why
- The cause is under investigation. Police said an initial collision involving an SM3 and an Orlando was followed by a second collision involving a Palisade.
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Three vehicles collided on the Gangneung-bound Yeongdong Expressway in Hoengseong.
Gangneung-bound traffic was fully stopped for more than 30 minutes, and police began investigating the circumstances.
- Fatalities
- 2
- Injured
- 3
- Crash location
- Yeongdong Expressway, kilometer 141.5, Hoengseong County
- Crash time
- About 2:20 a.m. on Oct. 24
- Vehicles
- SM3, Orlando and Palisade