Trash car driver arrested after hitting and killing elementary school student in apartment

The Gwangju Bukbu Police Station arrested a man in his 40s who was put on trial for hitting and killing an elementary school student with a car in an apartment.

A is accused of hitting and killing an elementary school student while reversing a garbage car in an apartment complex in Shinyong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, on the afternoon of the 30th of last month.

In a police investigation, A reportedly stated that he did not see an elementary school student behind the vehicle because he was looking at the side mirror, not the rear camera.

The police plan to complete the investigation into A and hand the case over to the prosecution soon.