Driving to Kkaebi Market in Mok-dong, Seoul...13 people in serious and minor situations

[Anchor]
There was an accident in which a car rushed to the Ggaebi Market in Mok-dong, Seoul.

Thirteen passers-by were injured and taken to the hospital, four of whom were found to be seriously injured.

I'm reporter Yoon Woong-sung.

[Reporter]
A black car comes running like a gun and sweeps through the storefront stand before stopping.

The road is filled with fruit that has been poured out in an instant,
Citizens who were grocery shopping across
are also surprised and cannot take their eyes off the scene of the accident.

This is the market that had an accident. Witnesses said in unison that the car passed quickly through the narrow market alley here without slowing down.

[Im Jinhoon / Witness: He kept running. Should I say that you keep pressing the accelerator pedal like this? That's how you rush....]

At around 3:50 p.m., a car suddenly rushed into Kkaebi Market in Mok-dong, Seoul.

Thirteen passers-by were injured and taken to the hospital, and four of them were found to be seriously injured.

Merchants who were preparing for the New Year's Day also had to sweep away their surprised hearts.

[Market merchant: There was dust all of a sudden over there, and it became a mess in an instant. It's all gone. Rice cake soup and dumplings are all gone..]

Police are investigating a male driver in his 70s who drove in a car on charges of injury under the Special Act on Handling Traffic Accidents.

Police say the man accelerated to overtake a bus ahead and rushed into the market.

He also explained that he was found not to have been drinking or taking drugs.

I'm YTN Yoon Woong Sung.



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